Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: smb@ulysses.att.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Using an alternate LD carrier for coin calls Message-ID: Date: 9 Jul 89 14:25:50 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 228, message 6 of 7 Date: 8 Jul 89 02:01:46 GMT Reply-To: Ilya Goldberg Organization: Stanford University Well, today, I was using a Pac Bell payphone which specified that all coin calls default to AT&T while credit card, collect, and other operator-assited calls default to US Sprint. Local newspaper articles a few months ago mentioned that it was technically very difficult to make coin calls default to some other carrier. They didn't say why. COCOT owners can choose any LD carrier they want. What about the local telephone companies who own the majority of payphones -- are they free to choose carriers or do they have to give some share The choice is made by the owner of the property on which the phone resides, up to and including the local municipality.