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From: Ben_Kinchant@kcbbs.gen.nz (Ben Kinchant)
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Subject: Debit Phone Cards in NZ
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Telecom New Zealand introduced "Card Phones" in early 1990 to most
parts of NZ.  These phones accept a debit type card, a "Phone Card"
which are available in NZ$5,10,20 and 50 denominations.

It costs NZ$0.20 per min for a local call from a card phone (US$0.12)
Toll calls from card phones are more expensive that from a home phone.

The public phones that were in use before the card phones would be
NZ$0.20 per *call*, but Telecom says that maintainance costs of the
public telephones are much higher, which are reflected in the rates
for card phones.


Ben Kinchant, Ben_Kinchant@kcbbs.gen.nz