Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!killer!vector!telecom-gateway From: dhesi@bsu-cs.uucp (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Some notes on the UK phone system Message-ID: Date: 21 Mar 89 17:13:54 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.uucp Organization: CS Dept, Ball St U, Muncie, Indiana Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 102, message 7 of 10 In article OLE@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) writes: >My most favorite aspect of the Britsih phone system is the PhoneCard. >...Put one in the special PhoneCard phones >and dial away *anywhere*. There is no minimum charge, and you can >talk until the "money" runs out (1 unit = 10p). This seems to be of dubious value. What is the difference between buying a phone card from a grocery store and then using it in a telephone, as opposed to just putting the money into the telephone directly? This just seems to add an extra step. The only advantage I see is that you can user paper money to buy the phone card, while telephones will only take coins. A little advance preparedness eliminates this advantage too, and you don't have to hunt for a place to buy the phone card before you use the telephone. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: !{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!dhesi ARPA: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu