Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!telecom-request From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: I Want to Buy a COCOT Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 17:08:23 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 26 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 209, Message 5 of 11 I'm gathering information for our school board. We would like to have a pay phone in our school. It would be primarily for local calls made during times that the school building is open, but the office is not. For example during town meetings, school board meetings, sports events, etc. It would not be used during the school day, and could be hooked up to use one of the existing lines. Neither the phone company nor the local COCOT company are interested since it won't bring them much revenue. I know that COCOTs are not popular in this group, but this seems like a reasonable use for one. We'd label it to make sure that folks weren't fooled into thinking it's a normal pay phone, including a note like "Go to the Lyme Store or Nichol's Hardware for cheaper calls." What do you think? Is this a good idea? Where/how do I buy such a phone? How much do they cost? Is there another way to do this? Please reply by mail or post as you see fit. I used to read the telecom group regularly, but I don't any more. I'll keep an eye on it for a while now (and I did check that this isn't answered in current articles). Thanks! steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or ...!dartvax!steve.ligett