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From: wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil (Will Martin)
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Subject: Re: More COCOTery
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Date: 11 Oct 90 15:59:04 GMT
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Telecom readers might be interested in the following, related to the
recent COCOT discussion:

Since Telecom participants kindly provided the 800 numbers to call to
request the various flavors of AT&T catalogs, I did so, getting the
consumer-goods catalog at home, the big-business datacomm catalog here
at work, and the small-business "Sourcebook" using my wife's former
business name. In the latter, on pages 106-7, AT&T sells COCOTs.

They definitely appeal to greed; the main illustration is a
fiendishly-grinning man pulling a box overflowing with quarters out of
his own (presumably :-) "AT&T Private Pay Phone Plus". For those that
care, this phone costs $995 (plus backboard or enclosure, at various
prices and styles). The latest rates downloaded into the phone costs
$110 yearly for monthly updates, or $60 bi-monthly. (There's no
mention of how the initial rates get loaded if you don't buy this
service.)

One interesting footnote indicates that there must be COCOT-free areas
in the country -- I don't recall ever seeing this mentioned in the
Digest. "Legal restrictions prevent the sale of Private Pay Telephones
to customers in Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Oklahoma."
So does that mean that there are no COCOTs in those states? Or does it
actually indicate that only the telcos within those states can sell
COCOTs, or something else?

Regards, 

Will
wmartin@st-louis-emh2.army.mil OR wmartin@stl-06sima.army.mil