Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nih-csl!lhc!adm!husc6!wuarchive!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: jimmy@denwa.info.com (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Coin Calls From Narita Message-ID: <12667@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 26 Sep 90 19:11:05 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Jim Gottlieb Organization: Info Connections, West Los Angeles Lines: 28 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 684, Message 6 of 11 In article <12404@accuvax.nwu.edu> dhepner@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Dan Hepner) writes: >Here's a story from Narita (Tokyo International). >it rang ... normal 45 second >conversation ... hangup, all the time waiting for a demand for another >Y1000 or so. It never happened. The whole call cost 88c. >Now what happened there? Do coin calls from Japan really only cost >Y100? Unlike the ridiculous $9.75 for the first three minutes that is demanded from AT&T-served public phones, NTT's will charge you 100 yen per X seconds where X varies due to time of day, location, and the overseas carrier you select. So yes, it is very possible that a 45 second call would cost you only 100 yen. Sometimes I'm able to check my Los Angeles voice mail for only 100 smackeroos. >For all I know, I should have >listened to the local and only used Y10. No. An international call will not complete unless there is at least 100 yen in the hopper or at least ten units left on an inserted telephone card.