As others pointed out, all charges the customer pays on a pay phone
> are UNREGULATED. The pay phone provider can charge you whatever you > wish.
> Unlike normal businesses, pay phone providers do not have to tell you
> their prices; you only find out a month later when you get the bill.
Good lord, are you still using an ILEC calling card going to whatever ripoff AOS the payphone uses? Don't do that. I honestly don't understand why ILECs even issue calling cards any more, since even the normal rates from the ILECs and mainstream IXCs are absurdly high.
There's about a bazillion cheap calling cards available, both prepaid and postpaid, all of which have an 800 access number. They cost what they cost, the payphone only sees the 800 call. Is there some reason you can't use one?
R's,
John