Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Pay Phones Message-ID: <1983@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 9 Dec 89 08:25:07 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 563, message 5 of 7 In article <1908@accuvax.nwu.edu> gfs@drutx.att.com (Gary Skinner) writes: >What does it actually take to install a pay phone? >Does the CO have to provide a special line, or can I put a pay phone >on any old line? I believe the full function pay phones need special >signals to correctly work. You will need a special line, but not because of technical requirements of the phone. The line will have certain restrictions such as no IDDD, billed number screening (so people can't call it collect, etc.), and a few other restrictions. The local rate is a bit different from standard business lines as well. "Full function" pay phones do all the work. They set the rate and ask for the money, detect answer and collect, and some of them now do automated collect calls. They do "OCC-style" dialing to put calls over slimeball carriers. The line itself does nothing to assist the phone in its duties. >Any idea of relative cost of pay phone line? It's roughly the same as a business line. >Who gets what money for the line? The telco and they charge you for local calls as well. Your profit is the difference between what you collect and what telco charges you. Long distance goes to your carrier who shares with you a preset amount. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !