Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: optilink!jones@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Marvin Jones) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 35 Cent Payphones In Iowa Message-ID:Date: 18 Aug 89 16:56:23 GMT Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 308, message 7 of 11 In article , Miguel_Cruz@ub.cc.umich. edu writes: > Speaking of US West (somebody was...), I was just in their area this past > week. I noticed that payphones cost $.35 for a local call. Is that something > just peculiar to Iowa or is it a sweeping trend I'll have to deal with all > the time soon? What's wrong with this picture? Iowa is served by SouthWestern Bell. I grew up there; my uncle worked for SW Bell. I'm quite sure this hasn't changed in the past 10 yrs. :-) Must have been a private pay phone ... which may account for the price, also. -- Marvin Jones {pyramid, pixar, tekbspa}!optilink!jones Optilink Corp. ATT-net: 707-795-9444 X 206 1310 C Redwood Way CI$: 71320,3637 Petaluma, CA 94952