The
Moneybox or Coin Telephone No. 6000B
Announcing the latest in our range of payphones - the Moneybox.
This new payphone is the first where the person renting the equipment can set the level of
call charges. There will, however, be certain conditions to stop this new facility being
abused. Moneybox's 'conditions of hire' contract will state the maximum recommended
charges for calls. If BT receives complaints from users we will have the right to
terminate the rental agreement.
Also, the person renting will be obliged to display a notice showing the charges to which
Moneybox has been set, whether they are in line with BT's recommendations and the name and
address of the renter for customer complaints. Moneybox was developed from the pulseless
technology used in the Sherwood call-cost indicator and represents a technological
breakthrough as the first payphone to operate independently of meter-pulses at the
exchange.
After plugging Moneybox into any normal exchange line socket the basic call charge
information has to be entered into the phone. This is a simple process which takes about
10 minutes. Moneybox then does everything else automatically.
The major benefit of this new equipment is that owners can, for a relatively low cost,
prevent calls being made without payment, collect money for those that are made while
keeping coin-free telephone use for themselves.
Unlike all other payphones, Moneybox does not require any
special meter pulsing equipment - it can simply be plugged into any DEL.
A large market has been identified amongst residential customers - typically families with
teenagers, au-pairs, home-helps or lodgers ... or perhaps all four!
- Switchable form payphone to ordinary phone.
- Accepts 10p coins only.
- Visual display shows credit remaining and prompts.
- No access to operator or international calls in payphone mode.
- Maximum the cashbox can hold is £10.00.
- The cost per unit can be changed by the customer, up to maximum of
9.9p per unit.
- No level 1 calls can be made when in payphone mode.
- The tone caller has a volume control.
Colour
Charcoal/Beige.
Taken from BT Chiltern Link issue 2 (the South Midlands and Chilterns Area staff
newsletter)
Engineering name - Coin Telephone No. 6000B.
Marketing name - Moneybox.
Introduced circa 1985 and was available to rent at £21 per quarter.
Made by Rathdown Industries and field trailed by BT in the Nottingham
area.
A Bracket, Moneybox No. 1 was available to allow wall mounting of the
coinbox.
User
Guide
Brochure
- CP/MS 278
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