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From: roy@phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: COCOT-in-Violation Label File
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Date: 8 Oct 90 15:54:53 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 723, Message 11 of 12


	And just how does one test a COCOT to see if it can put
through a call to 911 sans coin?  The only way I can think of is to
actually try it, wasting valuable 911 operator time to answer a
non-call.  On the other hand, if you never try it, you'll never have
evidence to confront the COCOT owner with, so it won't get fixed, and
potentially somebody will not be able to place a 911 call when they
need to.

	Interesting dilema.

Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
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