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Subject: Magazine for COCOT Owners:  Payphone Exchange
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Date: 3 Nov 90 21:49:02 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 787, Message 12 of 12


I recently became aquainted with a magazine specifically for the COCOT
industry entitled "Payphone Exchange / 0+ Magazine". Published by Leo
Douglas, Inc. this magazine is devoted to news and features about the
private (non-telco-owned) payphone business and the alternate operator
service bureaus.

In my review of the October, 1990 issue, I found stories about:

  "The Equal Access Qaundry and the FCC"  (article discusses why the
     owners of COCOTS should not have to provide 800/950/10xxx access
     for free) 

  "Fraud and Security"  (Line tapping can zap you)

  "Regulatory Comment: The LEC Coin Line Shutout"

 Other items included a Calendar, a roundtable discussion, and a
feature story dealing with the difficulties encountered in trying to
maintain the payphones in major transportation terminals.

The 62-page October issue included numerous advertisements from
vendors of COCOTS, operator service bureaus and related enterprises.
Maybe they would add you to their mailing list (it seems to be free)
if you write them, including your company name in your request.

                       Payphone Exchange / 0 + Magazine
                       Leo Douglas, Inc.
                       9607 Gayton Road, Suite 201
                       Richmond, VA 23233


The Reader Service Card & Subscription Request card in my sample issue
asks for:

Your name:
Your company name:
Address:
Phone:

Check one:

Current subscriber. Please extend subscription _____
Passalong Reader. Please send subscription info ____

Your business description:

Payohone Vender, Independent Telco, Financial/Legal, RBOC/BOC, OSP,
Manufacturer, Long Distance Carrier, Government/Assoc, Interconnect,
Public Tel. Co, Consultant, End User (specify), Other (specify)

Are you buying or planning to purchase payphones or operator services?

Software for same?  When?  How Many?   What Type?


You might find the magazine as interesting as I did. It will certainly
bring you up to date on the growing COCOT industry.

My thanks to Don Kimberlin for sending along the sample copy.


Patrick Townson