halliday@cc.ubc.ca (laura halliday) (03/24/89)
While in London a couple of years ago the locals told me that the rationale for phone cards (other than byuing a 20 pound phone card with paper money rather than coins) was that card phones have no money in them, and are thus much less likely to be vandalized. - Laura
pete@uunet.uu.net (Peter Kendell) (04/03/89)
>From article <telecom-v09i0106m03@vector.UUCP>, by halliday@cc.ubc.ca (laura halliday): } While in London a couple of years ago the locals told me } that the rationale for phone cards (other than byuing a } 20 pound phone card with paper money rather than coins) } was that card phones have no money in them, and are thus } much less likely to be vandalized. } } - Laura Plus, BT just *love* collecting your money from you before you make your call. Think of all that extra cash it gives them. Plus you might lose the card. Plus, a card telephone doesn't show you your money draining away the way a cash one does so you are likely to spend more. Do I carry a card? Yes, because money phones are disappearing fast and the time I *really* need a phone will be the time there's only a card phone nearby. But I don't like it. -- | Peter Kendell <pete@tcom.stc.co.uk> | | ...{uunet!}mcvax!ukc!stc!pete |