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From: tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook)
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Subject: Re: Phone Frustration
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In response to the posting by /bernie\, yes the PUC usually requires
the telco to put payphones in lots of areas that they dont want to,
for public convenience.  The telcos complain that the COCOTs naturally
take the "good" locations.

Again, I am not anti-COCOT or pro-telco, even though I am the guy who
calls the PUC and gets them removed.  Oh, and another thing about
removal.  It doesn't happen without warning.  The COCOT owner gets a
letter explaining the problem, and is given time to correct it.


Tad Cook
tad@ssc.UUCP