Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!apple!bionet!hayes.ims.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: More COCOTery Message-ID: <13505@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 13 Oct 90 19:36:01 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 17 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 733, Message 7 of 11 On Oct 13 at 10:08, Will Martin writes: > 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." Yes, indeed, there are no COCOTs in these states. How do they get away with it, since it comes down from Federal regulation on high? I don't know. Perhaps someone can tell us how these states, in their infinite wisdom, are allowed to protect citizens from the scourge of mankind when those of us in reputedly more progressive states have to suffer. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !