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Attack of the Giant Phones
New York, NY - Catherine Penfold-Waxman - Wednesday, November 16th, 2005 : goo
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I was just out getting lunch. Hearing a ruckus behind me on 42nd street, I turned around to see a mob of angry people. A giant red phone was bearing down on me. A moment of panic. Why is it always New York that gets trashed in every apocalyptic/alien/monster movie? Anyhoo, turns out it was a protest march. I read the pamphlet they handed me. MCI (a telecom giant) apparently owns the phone lines at the NY prisons and gouges the inmates for every collect call (the only kind they can make). It cost 630% more for their collect calls than a regular customer.
telephonejustice.org
The phone was really creepy. I may have nightmares.
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GGP: 16th Nov 2005 - 19:40 GMT
the phone receiver looks like some kind prophylactical device from another galaxy...or at least another solar system--I may have nightmares, too! ;)
Peter: 16th Nov 2005 - 20:28 GMT
wow, that giant phone is cool. price-gouging, however, isn't. i used to use mci as my mobile carrier, then switched when i started learning about the seemingly endless offenses they've committed in the name of the almighty dollar...
MCI-WorldCom, anyone?! hahahaha! what a fiasco.
jeeff: 17th Nov 2005 - 04:19 GMT
ps. i like that guy (reporter?) out front in the first photo. it looks like they're protesting him.
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