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From: dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: COCOTS
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Date: 11 Apr 88 12:39:16 GMT
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I would like to suggest a simple solution to the COCOT problem. 
Certainly any service-provider ought to be able offer public
telephone service at any price, but the price ought to be available
to the public before a call is actually placed.

I suggest that the several states (or perhaps the FCC where
interstate calls are involved) should require that ALL public
telephones display the surcharge schedule for their toll calls, just
as they now display the cost of a local call.  The calling party can
then look at the rate card on the telephone, and compare it with the
rate card on a nearby telephone provided by another company, and
make an informed decision.

What do you think?

-- 
Dave Levenson
Westmark, Inc.		A node for news.
Warren, NJ USA
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