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Issue: 1985 October 01 - Vol 11 Num 18 - Page 14
A LPHA - OMEGA A MUSE MENT
6 SUTTON PLACE
EDISON , NJ 08817
201·287-4tUJO
Frank the Crank
memetrcn
INC.
WELCOME!
IIEUI OIWIIS
FUIUAIY 8. 7. 8. 8. 1 -
STATES SA LES & SERVICE
1825 GU ILFORD AVE.
BAL TI MORE, MD 21202
301 -837-7177 Steve Koen igsberg
memetrcn
INC.
14
Boulder. Number Three U.S .. winner of
the March 1985 Houston Nationals
and third-time national champion;
Vince Schoppe!. Number Four U.S.;
and Boulder's Mark Robbins. Number
Five U.S .. winner of the 1984 Boulder
Nationals.
In addition to the pro division.
players will be battling for honors in
the Pro-Am. Expert. and Amateur divi-
sions. Five-lime National Women's
Champion Barbara Marquis of Hous-
ton will be going for a record 6th
straight title.
For more information. call303/ 444-
e
9164.
D.linois Pay Phone Ops
form association
Several pay phone operators and
distributors in Illinois have formed the
Independent Coin Pay Phone Associa-
tion (ICPPA) to collectively tight issues
detrimental to all private pay phone
companies.
Founders of the association and
their association titles include :
Leonard Kraus. National Communica-
tions. president; Marty SegaL Republic
Pay Phones. secretary; James Raim.
Illinois Tel Inc .. assistant secretary; Jeti
Greenburg . Chicago Pay Phone
Service. treasurer; and Craig Jacobs.
Pay Tel Inc.
Said Republic's SegaL " Before the
deregulation. the Bell companies
would tile a tariff with the Public
Utilities Commission (in IJJinois it's
called the IJJinois Commerce Commis-
sion) and it would be approved with
no questions asked. With this associ-
ation. we can intervene and will carry
more weight than individual com-
panies alone."
SegaL noting that it's time for other
companies in the various states to form
similar associations. said. "Each state
should have some sort of association to
confront problems with the Bell com-
panies. If private pay phone com-
panies are going to tight each other
instead of banding together and
fighting the Bell System. then pretty
soon there won't be any fight left
because Bell will completely shut
down the private pay phone industry."
Segal stressed that it's important to
confront problems on a local level
now. " If we can't win on a local leveL
there won't be anything to tight on a
national leveL " he said. " If Illinois Bell
does something we don't like. we have
to sue them. They can easily raise the
funds to tight us. But we have to be
able to fund the litigation. The only
way is pooling resources through an
association."
The ICPPA is currently working on
three petitions before the Illinois Com-
merce Commission. The first is to re-
open the docket on directory assistant
charges. Segal explained that the
phone company does not charge cus-
to mers for the service. However. one
and a half cents is deducted from
each quarter to cover the direc tory
assistance charges. " The charge on
directory assistance calls is 30 cents
per call plus five cents tax. a total of 35
cents. It's up to us whether we charge
the customer. but Bell does not charge.
they just work it so everyone pays for
those who use directory assistance."
noted Segal.
The second issue is calls made with
an AT&T charge card. On a Bell phone
if an AT&T card is used. the owner of
the location is paid six percent com-
mission on those charges. However. i1
a private pay phone is installed. no
o ne gets anything. " We feel that we
should be getting something if a
customer uses an AT&T credit card on
o ur phones." said Segal.
And third. the association is pur-
suing a clear definition of public
verses private locations. The IJJinois
Commerce Commission is very vague
in its definitions. Segal noted. "The
tariff says we can't place our phones in
a ball park. for example. because it is
a public location. but we can put one
at the comer of a gas station because it
is not a public location. So you see how
confusing it is," lamented Segal.
Segal summed up. "This associa-
tion is vital for the expanding pay
phone market in Illinois. We need
support of all concerned. especially
manu1acturers. The market won't be
there for any of us if we don't pull
together in our common goals."
e
WEARE IN
THE ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS.
PLAY METER. October 1, 1985
6 SUTTON PLACE
EDISON , NJ 08817
201·287-4tUJO
Frank the Crank
memetrcn
INC.
WELCOME!
IIEUI OIWIIS
FUIUAIY 8. 7. 8. 8. 1 -
STATES SA LES & SERVICE
1825 GU ILFORD AVE.
BAL TI MORE, MD 21202
301 -837-7177 Steve Koen igsberg
memetrcn
INC.
14
Boulder. Number Three U.S .. winner of
the March 1985 Houston Nationals
and third-time national champion;
Vince Schoppe!. Number Four U.S.;
and Boulder's Mark Robbins. Number
Five U.S .. winner of the 1984 Boulder
Nationals.
In addition to the pro division.
players will be battling for honors in
the Pro-Am. Expert. and Amateur divi-
sions. Five-lime National Women's
Champion Barbara Marquis of Hous-
ton will be going for a record 6th
straight title.
For more information. call303/ 444-
e
9164.
D.linois Pay Phone Ops
form association
Several pay phone operators and
distributors in Illinois have formed the
Independent Coin Pay Phone Associa-
tion (ICPPA) to collectively tight issues
detrimental to all private pay phone
companies.
Founders of the association and
their association titles include :
Leonard Kraus. National Communica-
tions. president; Marty SegaL Republic
Pay Phones. secretary; James Raim.
Illinois Tel Inc .. assistant secretary; Jeti
Greenburg . Chicago Pay Phone
Service. treasurer; and Craig Jacobs.
Pay Tel Inc.
Said Republic's SegaL " Before the
deregulation. the Bell companies
would tile a tariff with the Public
Utilities Commission (in IJJinois it's
called the IJJinois Commerce Commis-
sion) and it would be approved with
no questions asked. With this associ-
ation. we can intervene and will carry
more weight than individual com-
panies alone."
SegaL noting that it's time for other
companies in the various states to form
similar associations. said. "Each state
should have some sort of association to
confront problems with the Bell com-
panies. If private pay phone com-
panies are going to tight each other
instead of banding together and
fighting the Bell System. then pretty
soon there won't be any fight left
because Bell will completely shut
down the private pay phone industry."
Segal stressed that it's important to
confront problems on a local level
now. " If we can't win on a local leveL
there won't be anything to tight on a
national leveL " he said. " If Illinois Bell
does something we don't like. we have
to sue them. They can easily raise the
funds to tight us. But we have to be
able to fund the litigation. The only
way is pooling resources through an
association."
The ICPPA is currently working on
three petitions before the Illinois Com-
merce Commission. The first is to re-
open the docket on directory assistant
charges. Segal explained that the
phone company does not charge cus-
to mers for the service. However. one
and a half cents is deducted from
each quarter to cover the direc tory
assistance charges. " The charge on
directory assistance calls is 30 cents
per call plus five cents tax. a total of 35
cents. It's up to us whether we charge
the customer. but Bell does not charge.
they just work it so everyone pays for
those who use directory assistance."
noted Segal.
The second issue is calls made with
an AT&T charge card. On a Bell phone
if an AT&T card is used. the owner of
the location is paid six percent com-
mission on those charges. However. i1
a private pay phone is installed. no
o ne gets anything. " We feel that we
should be getting something if a
customer uses an AT&T credit card on
o ur phones." said Segal.
And third. the association is pur-
suing a clear definition of public
verses private locations. The IJJinois
Commerce Commission is very vague
in its definitions. Segal noted. "The
tariff says we can't place our phones in
a ball park. for example. because it is
a public location. but we can put one
at the comer of a gas station because it
is not a public location. So you see how
confusing it is," lamented Segal.
Segal summed up. "This associa-
tion is vital for the expanding pay
phone market in Illinois. We need
support of all concerned. especially
manu1acturers. The market won't be
there for any of us if we don't pull
together in our common goals."
e
WEARE IN
THE ENTERTAINMENT
BUSINESS.
PLAY METER. October 1, 1985
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