Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 28 Apr 91 01:21:20 GMT From: "Mark A. Emanuele" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 212-516 in Use in 1986 Message-ID: Organization: Overleaf Systems, Inc. Fords, NJ Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 311, Message 4 of 4 Lines: 22 In article , Ed_Greenberg@3mail.3com.com writes: > I have vague recollections of a service that allowed 25 cent calls all > over New York State for a maximum of 30 seconds. It was specifically > available at Grand Central Station (and probably Penn Station too) and > was designed for "meet me at the station at 5:06" type of calls. I have seen these payphones in Penn Sta. as recently as last month. I needed to call NJ to have someone pick me up at the station. I had four minutes until the train left. Tried to place a BELL ATLANTIC credit card call, dialed 0 + 908 XXX-XXXX got a reorder. Tried JUST 0, got re-order. Phone ONLY took COINS, asked for Four Dollars and Fifteen Cents Please! Made the call AT the station (in NJ) for $.25 Mark A. Emanuele V.P. Engineering Overleaf, Inc. 218 Summit Ave Fords, NJ 08863 (908) 738-8486 emanuele@overlf.UUCP