S.PAE@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (Philip A. Earnhardt) (06/03/88)
Well, the neighborhood telephone booth was just converted from a NE Tel phone to a COCOT. I fail to understand how such conversions could possibly serve the public interest. COCOTS could marginally be useful in a place where there had been no pay phone, but converting an existing location is a total loss. Why aren't the Bell operating companies fighting these beasties? Are there any local regulatory commissions that are stomping on COCOTS? Is there any possibility of expunging the planet of these devices? Who should I be writing to? --phil -------