Re: Paytel Payphones (x-posted)

[RNS <steam3801@hotmail.com>]

The Paytel phones in Countrylink trains used to work on the analogue
mobile net when available and when out of range switch to Satellite.
Since the analogue shutdown they now work full time on Satellite until
they work out what other system they are goin to use. $2.50 per minute
for Satellite usage.




On Thu, 10 Feb 2000 07:11:41 GMT, dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (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.
>
>Cheers
>David