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From: leryo@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Leryo Malbito)
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Subject: Re: Is the GTE Airfone Public?
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Date: 16 May 91 22:53:26 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 365, Message 8 of 10

In TELECOM Digest V11.362 Louis Judice compares my dilemma to that of
a patron of a restaurant attempting to use his memorized credit card
number. Although I have somewhat toned down my argument after
realizing that it didn't have much substance and thinking of several
cases which disprove my point, this is not one of them.

The point here is that I was talking about a telephone, not a
restaurant.  NY Tel Calling Card phones and AT&T calling card phones
which both do not accept coins DO accept card numbers.  The NY TEL
phones will ONLY accept numbers, as they have no slot for coins nor
for cards.  All the phones in the airports I have encountered, even
those which accept cards, always accept just the number.  This is the
case with phones.  Restaurants are an incorrect analogy.


Leryo