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From: gabe@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu (Gabe Wiener)
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Subject: Re: Phone Cards
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Date: 27 Sep 89 14:37:36 GMT
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In article  cgch!wtho@mcsun.eu.net
(Tom Hofmann) writes:

>What I would like to know:  Isn't there a country (or LDC in the US)
>where phone calls can be paid be regular, internationally accepted
>credit cards (Visa, Master Card, American Express, etc.)?  Phone calls
>would get much easier while travelling abroad.  Or is there a reason,
>why telephone companies do not accept them?

I often see such phones in airports.  You pick up the receiver, dial your
number, and then slide your credit card through the slot (Visa, MC, AmEx).
You then push a button on the phone indicating the long distance carrier
you want, and your call rings through.


Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ.      "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings
gabe@ctr.columbia.edu              to be seriously considered as a means of
gmw1@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu        communication. The device is inherently of
72355.1226@compuserve.com          no value to us."