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From: motcid!king%cell.mot.COM@uunet.uu.net (Steven King)
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Subject: Re: Dataports at Atlanta
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Date: 14 Mar 90 16:58:39 GMT
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In article <5083@accuvax.nwu.edu> bill@shannon (Bill Berbenich) writes:

>[explanation that Atlanta's lack of dataports is due to age of the airport]
>[...] are getting RJ-11 connections in their lounges, but to retrofit an
>entire airport or terminal would likely be too expensive to be
>worthwhile to the airlines or airport commission at this time.  

It wouldn't be necessary to retrofit an entire airport to pull this
off.  The Mallworld ... er, Woodfield Hyatt in Schaumburg IL has some
souped-up pay phones near its function rooms.  These computerized
wonders include, you guessed it, RJ-11 connectors!  It shouldn't be a
difficult matter to install a few of these anywhere that has existing
pay phones.


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