Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: 14 May 91 18:53:51 GMT From: Rolf Meier Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Is the GTE Airfone Public? Message-ID: Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada. 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 360, Message 3 of 11 Lines: 29 In article leryo@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Leryo Malbito) writes: > BUT the point of my letter was not to promote GTE Airfone, rather to > ask for someone to help me define 'Public'. The way the Airfone is > set up now, one MUST have some sort of credit card in order to get a > dial tone. Not everyone has a credit card. I feel they should at In Canada, the Department of Communications has defined three market areas for cordless/wireless telephony: residential; business; and public "Residential" is home use of cordless. "Business" includes wireless PBX and key systems. The term "Public" would include cellular, telepoint, and presumably Airfone. I think the FCC has a similar distinction among the three types of wireless service. Therefore, I think that you might want to take up your point with the FCC, not GTE. Since this is a trial service, your comments about payment procedures might be welcomed. I agree with the Moderator in that I don't see the big deal. Rolf Meier Mitel Corporation