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Date: 15 May 91 21:11:42 GMT
From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <rogerk@mips.com>
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Subject: Re: Is the GTE Airfone Public?
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In article <telecom11.360.2@eecs.nwu.edu> irvin@northstar.dartmouth.
edu writes:

> The main problem with this is that GTE doesn't want their AIRFONEs
> walking off the plane in someone's carry-on.  So, by forcing you to
> use a credit card (which they lock in the base of the phone, until you
> return the AIRFONE) they are making it much more difficult to steal
> the phone.

The new back-of-the-seat phones do not hold your card, but they are
connected by a cord to the seatback.


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