 Pay Phones
Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote in
news:42da1ee8$0$21665$dbd43001@news.wanadoo.nl:
> A Mate <someone@somewhere.com> wrote:
>> Ed,
>> e-mail facilities are available almost everywhere in Austr and NZ.
>> Internet cafes are common and cheap. Public Libraries in most cities
>> and towns allow free internet access. In some towns the Tourist
>> Information Centre or "I" also has cheap access.
>> I never had to look very hard in NZ - in Australia even remote
>> centres like Birdsville and Windorah have easy, cheap access!!
>> What you're about seems neither cheap nor easy!
>
> Well, I beg to differ. On our recent (mainly February) trip in
> Western Australia, internet cafes (et al) were often closed at the
times we 'needed' them, 'early' (around 08:00) or 'late' (around
16:00/17:00).
Well, the locals don't call WA "Wait Awhile" for nothing, you know.
> OTOH, the famous Telstra pay-phones [1] were never closed! :-)
>
But rather often vandalised and in 'phonecard only mode'
> [1] It always strikes me as funny/impressive, seeing a Telstra
> pay-phone 'booth' in the middle of nowhere, especially in the outback,
> sometimes even without any house (or other building with/for humans)
> in sight.
>
I do agree.
Les :) |