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Re: Paytel Payphones (x-posted)
- Subject: Re: Paytel Payphones (x-posted)
- From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:59:33 +1100
- Newsgroups: aus.rail,aus.comms
- References: <8ED6B83EAtelstraNews@vic.news.telstra.net> <Nwto4.52$l41.760899@news0.optus.net.au>
- Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au
- Xref: netgate.bta.bt.com aus.rail:33998 aus.comms:11244
David Bromage wrote:
> Michael Kurkowski (mk@netstra.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> > In the past, it seemed fairly evident that the Paytel payphones installed
> > in many intercity trains, but moreso Countrylink trains were using the old
> > AMPS (analogue) phone system. Since, for most areas, AMPS has been switched
> > off what is the future of these phones? Upgraded to GSM or CDMA? Scrapped?
>
> I thought Paytel were satellite phones.
On the XPTs / Exploders, they are AMPS. On the QR traveltrains, they are AMPS until
coverage is lost, then they automatically switch to Satellite.
--
David Johnson
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/
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