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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: COCOTS
Message-ID: <2622@bsu-cs.UUCP>
Date: 14 Apr 88 14:37:30 GMT
References: <145@westmark.UUCP>
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In article <145@westmark.UUCP> dave@westmark.UUCP (Dave Levenson) writes:
>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,...

I prefer this alternative:  Just as the Post Office has mandated that
unsolicited merchandise may be kept as a free gift, the consumer may
safely assume that if no charges are listed on the telephone, then
there are none.
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Rahul Dhesi         UUCP:  <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee,uunet}!bsu-cs!dhesi