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From: greg%turbo.atl.ga.us@mathcs.emory.edu (Greg Montgomery)
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Subject: The Meaning of COCOT
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I have been reading this newsgroup for a little while, and I see many
messages with stuff about COCOTs in them, but I can't figure out what
one is ... Would someone please tell me what a COCOT is?

Thanks.

Greg Montgomery        Internet:  greg@turbo.atl.ga.us
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[Moderator's Note: COCOT = Customer Owned, Coin Operated Telephone.
Some say it in reverse. They are the privately owned payphones you see
springing up everywhere. A good reference to the many acronyms we use
here all the time is found in three glossary files in the Telecom
Archives. Look for the files 'glossary.xxxxx'  The Telecom Archives is
accessed by ftp at lcs.mit.edu. Use regular ftp commands; i.e. login
anonymous; give user@site.name for password, then 'cd telecom-archives'
and make your selection from the nine years of Digests on line and the
many other files of interest.  Non-Internet users can access the
archives via the archives mail server: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu.  PAT]