I've always wondered this and now seems to be a good time to ask if you don't mind?
Charles mentioned the "time length would help", once that feature is activated and set in the TD systems and the allowed time is almost up is there a beep tone or some sort of signaling to parties that they will be "cut off" when the time is up, or, are they simply just disco'd. Thank You. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Charles P." wrote: > > That's a good point, and good idea. I know these people will have some > international guests so they may be worried about overseas calls too, but > $75 per month that Verizon wants could cover a fair amount of ld calls. > > Perhaps a time limit on the call length would help. > > thanks > Charles > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Hollingsworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Charles P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 4:12 PM > Subject: Re: KX-T: Re: [kxtd] Payphones > > > "Charles P." wrote: > > > > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > In this case, I have no interest in providing ANY maintenance for their > > > payphones, and no desire to make money from the payphones either. But > they > > > have not been able to find any payphone providers (other than Verizon) > in > > > their area. Verizon will charge them a monthly fee AND collect all > money > > > from the phones. Installation fee $275 per phone plus $75 per month per > > > phone , includes cost of the line- but all worries fall on Verizon. As > > > opposed to purchasing a private payphone -$200 to $500 plus monthly line > > > charges but they keep any profit (minimal I'm sure). > > > > > > It will be a Buddhist retreat center, so vandalism is not too much of a > > > worry. > > > At this point they are shopping on the internet. They would like me to > > > install the wiring for the payphones (or possibly connect them to their > > > D1232). They will probably listen to whatever advice I can give them. > > > > > > thanks > > > Charles > > > > I run the phones for my church and we used to have a pay phone, but when > > we installed the D1232 we had verizon remove it. Instead we put a > standard > > analog phone with toll restriction in the hall where the pay phone was. > > We have been watching the traffic on the phone (via SMDR records) and the > > costs to us run less than $10/month in local calls. We have decided it is > > not worth putting in a pay phone and just consider the phone part of doing > > business. You might try this solution and if monthly costs get too high > > add a pay phone then. Most people have and seem to prefer their cell > phones > > these days. > > > > Jeff > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
