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   Thomas Prufer to All   
   Re: pay phones, was: The meaning of fuzz   
   04 Apr 16 08:21:44   
   
   From: prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 03:02:56 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein    
   wrote:   
      
   >[b] the setup to restrict the freebies to "local" calls   
   >looks to me to be a huge headache, and I woudn't be surprised   
   >if they just allow all US and maybe Canoodian calls.. I'll check   
   >when I bump into one of the operating units. (There are about   
   >a dozen now, with more on the way).   
      
   I expect the coins are  a pain in the neck: they need to be collected, attract   
   vandalism, and AFAIK banks really don't like to accept coins in large   
   amounts...   
   So a reduction or abolishment is a Good Thing, as far as the handling goes.   
      
   Thomas Prufer   
      
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