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- From: jadams@vixen.cc.bellcore.com (adams,john)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Looking For Three-Slot Coin Phone
- Message-ID: <telecom12.866.8@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 12:47:38 GMT
- Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 866, Message 8 of 12
-
- In article <telecom12.853.5@eecs.nwu.edu> jsimpson@darmok.uoregon.edu
- (John Simpson) writes:
-
- > I've always enjoyed the sound of the coin bells inside the old
- > three-slot payphones. I would like to own one for myself to use
- > inside my residence.
-
- > Of course I would want a coinbox key! I have two big questions,
- > first, is it kosher to have a coin phone on a private residential
- > line? Second, where can I buy one of these beasts?
-
- Yes. Of course it will only function as a normal instrument ... it
- won't collect or reject coins without a coin service line from the
- phone company. My friend, Ken LaFreniere (AT&T Coin Telephone Product
- Manager), told me about three small companies who specialize in
- refurbishing (mechnically and electrically) old coin phones from
- Western Electric, Automatic Electric, Northern, etc. I have called
- for their catalogues and will be purchasing one of the old WE 233
- multislot units as a present for a retiree! The names and telephones:
-
- PHONECO 608-582-4124
- RUSSELL PATE 407-777-1759
- A.W. MERRELL & CO 407-655-5417
-
-
- Jack (John) Adams Bellcore NVC 2Z-220
- (908) 758-5372 {Voice} (908) 758-4389 {Facsimile}
- jadams@vixen.bellcore.com kahuna@attmail.com
-