>Not that I know of.  I've been away from it for a while so anything is
>possible but the cost of the line would be prohibitive.  If the phone
>could not CLEAR at lest $100 to $150 per month minimum, most people
>would pull it out and place it somewhere else. Same thing with the phone
>company. You could have a payphone installed outside your business but
>if it did not meet a minimum, the business had to make up the
>difference.  The business owner got a percentage of the income above a
>certain mark. However, if a phone at a certain location made above a
>certain amount, they would just put in a second one to lower the income
>from the first to a threshold lower than the point at which they would
>pay commission.  The company I worked for found that the best profit was
>in jail phones. Captive user group. :)

        Interesting! In Brazil, the local concessionaries are OBLIGATED (hmm,=
 right spelling? Not speaking well english today) to put one payphone at=
 every 500 mts. Doesn't matter if it has returns or not


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Alexandre Souza
taito@terra.com.br
http://planeta.terra.com.br/lazer/pinball/

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