Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!telecom-request From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: New Hotel Ripoff Message-ID: Date: 29 Mar 91 10:12:00 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 28 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 251, Message 8 of 11 "David G. Cantor" writes: > I objected and the clerk replied that it wasn't a local > call. After it became clear that I was familiar with the area, etc., > she stated that "Yes, it is a local call from the [PacTel] payphone in > the lobby, but not from our system"! When you step over the threshold of a motel or hotel, you are subject to its tender mercies. It controls the horizontal and the vertical. It can make the image a soft blur or sharpen it ... oops, sorry. Wrong program. But you get the idea. It can charge whatever it likes. A visitor from out of the area stayed at a Day's Inn in Santa Clara. For those not familiar with the area, Santa Clara is completely encompassed by the "San Jose 2" calling area. It includes all of Santa Clara, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Campbell, Los Gatos, Mountain View and Los Altos (in 415), Milpitas, and Cupertino as local. But the sign on the telephone indicated that anything outside of Santa Clara was "long distance". So a perfectly local call to my house from the lobby pay phone ended up being a rather costly "long distance" call from the room. Remember, you pay dearly for that convenient telephone in your room. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@zygot.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !