Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!rutgers!mit-eddie!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: rac@inuxz.att.com (Robert A Carson) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Conventional Use of Coin Telephones Message-ID: Date: 18 Sep 89 18:43:01 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 31 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 388, message 1 of 8 In article , kitty!larry@uunet.uu.net (Larry Lippman) writes: > > At a hamfest recently I purchased an AT&T payphone. Unfortunately > The bottom line is that if you are thinking of using your coin > telephone to actually collect money for calls, this is an impracticable > idea since as far as I know, ALL AT&T (i.e., WECO) coin telephones require > some type of central office coin control. This is, of course, not true of > some newer non-AT&T coin telephones which are intended for "do it yourself" > operation on conventional loop-start telephone lines. This was accurate as of a few years ago. Since then AT&T has introduced two COCOT's, the AT&T Private Pay Phone and the AT&T Private Pay Phone Plus. These are designed to operate on any standard residential-type line, coin control is not required. One other thing to add to Larry Lippman's description of AT&T (WECO) Coin Telephones. Recently, AT&T introduced a follow-on to the venerable 1D2-type coin telephone. This is the AT&T Next Generation Coin Telephone. It is a standard coin telephone for the Local Exchange Carriers, plus it has many new capabilities made possible by a microprocessor and a modem. The phone reports to a central computer various bits of diagnostic data (eg. handset missing, chute jammed) traffic data, and coin box information. It can also be programmed from the computer for things such as initial rate. Bob Carson attmail!inuxz!rac AT&T Bell Labs Indianapolis, In These are my views, that's why I have them.