Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Mon, 6 May 91 09:20:58 CDT From: John Bruner Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: COCOT's and California Law Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 339, Message 11 of 14 Lines: 20 I just returned from a week in southern California. The hotel in which I stayed provided AT&T long-distance from the rooms with no surcharge, which was great. However, at one point I needed to use a payphone on the premises to place a long-distance call. I discovered that they were all COCOT's "served" by ITI, and they all refused to accept any long-distance carrier access codes. Isn't this a violation of California law -- aren't all payphones, both real utility phones and COCOT monsters, required to provide access to all carriers? If so, could someone send me a citation of the appropriate statute? I'd like to write a letter to the manager of the hotel suggesting that they pressure the owners of the COCOT's (who rented the payphone spaces under a long-term agreement with the hotel) into cleaning up their act. John Bruner Center for Supercomputing R&D, University of Illinois bruner@csrd.uiuc.edu (217) 244-4476