Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: texbell!egsner!eric@cs.utexas.edu (Eric Schnoebelen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 35 Cent Payphones In Iowa Message-ID: Date: 19 Aug 89 14:22:42 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Eric Schnoebelen Organization: Central Iowa (Model) Railroad, Lewisville, Tx. Lines: 38 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 312, message 5 of 6 In article optilink!jones@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Marvin Jones) writes: - -In article , Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich. -edu writes: -> Speaking of US West (somebody was...), I was just in their area this past -> week. I noticed that payphones cost $.35 for a local call. Is that something -> just peculiar to Iowa or is it a sweeping trend I'll have to deal with all -> the time soon? - -What's wrong with this picture? - -Iowa is served by SouthWestern Bell. I grew up there; my uncle worked for SW -Bell. I'm quite sure this hasn't changed in the past 10 yrs. :-) - -Must have been a private pay phone ... which may account for the price, also. What is still wrong with this picture?? That Iowa is claimed to be served by Southwestern Bell. All of the Iowa I grew up in was served by Northwestern Bell, or independents ( like the Sharon Center Telephone Cooperative.. ) When I was in Iowa just weeks ago most of the phones in Ames were still marked Northwestern Bell, although I noticed the phone books were put out by US West. The only potential Southwestern Bell service area in Iowa might be along the southern border ( with Missouri, which is SWBT territory ) although I remember that area being served predominately by independents (GTE/Contel/ various little cooperatives ) Oh, and the payphones were still a quarter.. ( at least the GTE payphone I attempted to use.. ) -- Eric Schnoebelen egs@u-word.dallas.tx.us egsner!eric@texbell.swbt.com coming soon: eric@egsner.cirr.com