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If that was a customer owned coin operated telephone (COCOT), the phone company may not have known it was a pay phone, and the customer may not have known they
by toast0 2y ago
If that was a customer owned coin operated telephone (COCOT), the phone company may not have known it was a pay phone, and the customer may not have known they could instruct the phone company to prevent accepting collect calls.
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoThis was just an outdoor UK red phone booth (back in mid 70's), presumably owned by BT. I guess back then the operator may not have even had a computer to refer to, so not much they could do.