Payphones
At East Coast
Telephones we have a variety of payphones for all your needs. As
well as supplying new payphones from several reputable
manufacturers, we also buy and sell used payphones. We also
install and service payphones in Sydney and throughout Australia
in cooperation with our extensive network of associated dealers
and service contractors.
Choosing your payphone. In choosing a
payphone, the most important consideration is the environment in
which it will operate. Will someone be watching it all the time,
for example on a bar or counter? If so then you could choose from
any of the payphones on this page. If the phone is out of the
direct sight of a responsible person but it would only be
available for use during the time that a shop or school is open
and you would notice if anyone tried to remove it, then you could
select any phone from the semisupervised or unsupervised lists.
If the phone will be accessible to the public and out of sight
earshot of a responsible person during any part of the day then
only a phone designed for unsupervised locations would be suitable.
Careful
selection of a place to mount your phone will reduce the risk of
theft or vandalism and thus allow you a greater choice of phone.
Having selected the correct
class of phone you should next consider its appearance: you need it to be
noticed in the shop! The following table allows you to select suitable phones
for your application.
June 2002 update: Our range is being revised. Some of the pictured phones
may be now be available only as fully refurbished units, and equivalent new
model payphones for all of these applications are also available.
If you don't find
what you need, please ask us and we will try to get if for you.
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Suitable for
supervised locations |
Suitable for
semi-supervised and supervised locations |
Suitable for
unsupervised, semi-supervised and supervised locations |
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New for April
2000: Ask about our Goldphone trade-in offer!
East
Coast also supplies parts to the trade. We can source genuine
Siemens (formerly GPT) parts for the Blue and Diamond phones,
replacement doors for the Solitaire or Zircon phones, refurbished
and exchange parts for all Australian-made payphones.
Coming
soon: card-operated payphones. These phones accept a smart card
rather than coins so that there are no coins to attract thieves.
It can also save you the trouble of providing coins to your
customers so that they make calls from your night club or similar
venue. The cards could be those sold by one of the telephone
carrier companies, or perhaps ones that you issue to your
customers.
 Red money box phone
- Fully programmable
- Press-to-talk
- Takes $1 & 20c
only
- Programmable
timing/call restriction
- Works on normal line
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 Solitaire
8000
- Light weight
- Latest UK styling
- Can be mounted in any
secure location or just used on the desk top like
an ordinary phone
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 Vector
- Accepts 10c, 20c
& $1 coins
- Can be programmed
- Compact design
- Liquid crystal
display
- ABS plastics
- 12 khz, 50hz
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 Siemens
Diamond Payphone
- Strong metal case
- Accurate charging
based on Telstra metering
- Owner can set the
price for local and time-charged calls
- Owner can set certain
numbers to be free or barred
- Can be mounted on
shelf, wall or trolley
- 16-digit display
- Fraud resistant
- High security lock
with unique registered keys
- Owner can make free
calls by inserting the key, no PIN number to lose
- More pictures and information
- Full specification
- Service available
from Telstra or East Coast
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 Technicall
- Wall mount only
- Designed for tough
locations
- Various payment
methods
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 Gold
Phone
- Strong metal
reinforced plastic case
- Proven in over 17
years service with Telstra
- Can be mounted on
shelf or trolley
- widely recognised
- Service available
from East Coast
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 Blue
Phone, metal
- Strong metal case
- Accurate charging
based on Telstra metering
- Can be mounted on
shelf or trolley
- 16-digit display
- Fraud resistant
- High security lock
with unique registered keys
- Owner can make free
calls by inserting the key, no PIN number to lose
- Service available
from Telstra or East Coast
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 Blue
Phone, plastic
- Accurate charging
based on Telstra metering
- Can be mounted on
shelf or trolley
- 16-digit display
- Fraud resistant
- Owner can make free
calls by inserting the key, no PIN number to lose
- Service available
from Telstra or East Coast
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Zircon Payphone
- Originally designed
and developed by Tetrel for British Telecom in
the UK..The unit forms the basis for BT's private
payphone rental and retail markets.
- Larger keys for ease
of use
- 11-digit display
- Next Call, Redial and
Volume Keys
- 4 one touch memory
stores
- Fully owner
programmable, key and PIN protected
- Remote management
facilities (optional)
- High security 7
Radial Pin Tumbler lock
- Note that these payphones work on
the "pay after answer" principle. This means that there
are fewer moving parts than in other payphones that work on the
"deposit before calling" principle.
- A similar unit may
also be ordered with metal sides, a metal cord
and a larger cashbox.
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Last major edit 12/04/00. Revised 7/6/02