Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: jwt!john@uunet.uu.net (John Temples) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Telecom At Walt Disney World Message-ID: Date: 8 Mar 91 03:16:51 GMT Sender: news@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Mr. News) Organization: Private System -- Orlando, FL Lines: 18 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 188, Message 9 of 10 Originator: telecom@delta.eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: hub.eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu In article arnold@audiofax.com writes: > While undoubtedly every pay phone at Disney and Epcot are COCOTs in > the strict sense, I doubt very highly that they pull any kind of stunt > or block any kind of long distance carrier. I recently went out to the Disney/MGM studios to meet a friend who works there for lunch. I went to the pay phone closest to his office, deposited my quarter, and dialed his number. The LCD display requested I deposit an additional $2.40 -- to call a number on the same exchange located a few hundred feet away! I hung up, called the operator, and told her what happened. She put my call through without question. I have no idea if they normally charge $2.65 for local calls, or that was just a fluke. John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)