Do pay phones really accept incoming calls?
In the United States, the answer is generally yes. In Canada, the answer is generally no. There are also many other circumstances which affect whether phones will take calls. Some COCOT companies set all their phones to refuse them. Other companies use the location of a phone as a guideline. Phones is places that are believed to be “high crime areas” tend to block incoming calls. There really isn’t a very good way to predict if a phone accepts them or doesn’t. In the Pay Phone Directory, phones that do not accept incoming calls have a * before there number. That way you can know if you should bother to call it.
