Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!WHARTON-10.ARPA!greens From: greens@WHARTON-10.ARPA ("SCOTT GREEN") Newsgroups: mod.telecom Subject: Non-Bell Pay Phones Message-ID: <8611270636.AA06578@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 17:35:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611270636.AA06578 Posted: Tue Nov 25 17:35:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Nov-86 06:47:13 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "SCOTT GREEN" Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 13 Approved: telecom@xx.lcs.mit.edu A problem that I have run into a number of times is a 3rd-party pay phone that will not accept toll-free access to ALDS. When trying to access 10xxx#, the # key ends up not generating any tone at all. Dialing 950-10xx returns a message requesting a coin deposit before completing the call. Bell phones, of course, allow access through either method. Any suggestions to avoid feeding quarters and paying local call overtime, in addition to long-distance charges? Scott Green green@wharton-10.arpa [Private Pay Telephones are a ripoff. You might bother to check what your state regulations are re 950 access from PPT's, but I suggest it would be a futile effort. Boycott PPT's! -Elmo]