How to Use a Pay Phone

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Step1

Find a pay phone. Look in gas stations, restaurants and on street corners.

Step2

Pick up the receiver.

Step3

Put coins into the coin slot or dial phone card access number, then card number. If dialing a long-distance number, dial "1" plus the number and wait to hear how many coins to deposit.

Step4

Dial the phone number if you have not already.

Step5

Wait for the phone to ring.

Step6

When you are finished with your call, hang up the phone.

Tips & Warnings

If you have trouble making your call, dial '0' for the operator.
If you need to find a local phone number, dial 411.
Pay phones are often located near the restrooms in restaurants and bars.
Cell phones are an inexpensive and sanitary alternative.
Pay phones do not accept pennies.

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jaywalters said

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on 5/15/2007 Save on collect calls to the United States, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom AND Mexico. 1-800-Call-4-Less Collect Call service is availably from the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Alaska.

http://www.800call4less.com/

Anonymous said

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on 11/22/2005 If you don't have any change, you can still make a local or long distance call if you have a calling card. Just dial the toll-free number as you would from home. Do this knowing you will be charged significantly more than the usual 35 cents for a local call.

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