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From: peora.ccur.com!joel%uiucuxc@uunet.uu.net (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: PA COCOT Checklist
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Date: 15 Oct 90 11:17:00 GMT
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Another couple of things to consider for your COCOT checklist:

1. Does it try to charge you for long distance for local calls?

I was trying to make a call from a local call from a pay phone at a
shopping center and it asked me to deposit an additional dollar before
it would complete the call. I tried it again and it said the same
thing. I spotted a another pay phone on the other side of the parking
lot and walked over to it. It was a Southern Bell phone. I made the
call from there, without any additional extortion.

2. Does it comply with equal access requirements?

When I tried to use 10ATT from a pay phone at Nashville airport it
didn't work. When I asked the operator to connect me with an AT&T
operator, the operator said that this was a private phone company and
they weren't required to connect me to the long distance carrier of my
choice. I mentioned FCC equal access requirements and the operator
replied that they didn't have to connect me to an AT&T operator, but
they would make an exception this one time.


Joel Upchurch/Upchurch Computer Consulting/718 Galsworthy/Orlando, FL 32809
joel@peora.ccur.com {uiucuxc,hoptoad,petsd,ucf-cs}!peora!joel (407) 859-0982