Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Sat, 27 Apr 91 12:05:50 PDT From: Doctor Math Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Living in America Message-ID: Organization: Brown Cow Software (a licensed Waffle developer) 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 318, Message 5 of 11 Lines: 22 Dave.Leibold@f126.n480.z89.onebdos.uucp (Dave Leibold) writes: > Installing a local line can be particularly expensive. Southern Bell > will grab USD$142 to install a new line. Bell Canada would be hard > pressed to charge a third of that for an install (definitely not on > extra Toronto line I had installed). That's a little out of line; I've lived in Pac*Bell and Indiana Bell territories and it's right around $40 ($20 additional in Pac*Bell for various options and first month's service). > COCOTs are everywhere ... and fortunately so are Southern Bell's > "real" payphones (so far). The COCOTs for the most part seem to allow > access to the carriers, though 10288 (AT&T) is the only 10XXX code > that seems to be accepted by these things. Strange as it sounds, I have found that the IndianaBell payphones will only allow 10288; while it is possible to dial other access codes, they all get you AT&T. I called to complain, but I don't think anything will be done.