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: dl@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 100th Anniversary of Pay Phones Message-ID: Date: 20 Aug 89 14:58:08 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: David Lesher Lines: 18 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 313, message 2 of 4 One of the more frustrating aspects of international travel is trying to use the pay phones. While leaving Bogota Friday, I tried, from the airport, to call a coworker about a last minute problem. First, the thing would not take any of my Pesos. It just dumped them back in the return slot. But WAIT! I noticed that the pulse-pad worked anyhow (no surprise) so I called up and got through. But, alas, they time local coin slot calls, and it soon wanted more money. I dropped it in, it came back, and the blasted box hung up on me. I tried 3 phones and they ALL did it. So I kept calling back (for free), talking two minutes, etc..... {before you ask, the slot did NOT have a number on it, so she couldn't call me} -- Flash! Murphy gets look and feel copyright on sendmail.cf {gatech!} wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM