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From: cbmvax!.UUCP!robert@uunet.uu.net (Robert L. Oliver)
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Subject: Re: I Want to Buy a COCOT
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Date: 20 Mar 91 01:03:40 GMT
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stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) writes:

> 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.

Actually, in my Junior High / High School in Philadelphia (J. R.
Masterman), we had a payphone right outside the school office.  This
was quite pre-COCOT, so I don't know if Bell would make the same
decision today.  But I would bet that money was to be made.  Students
during lunch hour, teacher personal calls, etc.  Note that the various
Department Offices had school phones with no dials, but not "outside"
phones, though I believe the operator could patch things through. 


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