[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: Another Internet Outage

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net>
To: "Lee Spenadel" <spenadel at gmail.com>; "DR HOUSE" 
<Packard42 at gmail.com>; "Lee Mushel" 
<herbert3 at centurytel.net>
Cc: "Greenkeys Greenkeys" <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: Another Internet Outage


> I'm all for going back to manual exchanges i.e., "Number 
> Pleeeeze", calling
> Long Distance to call outta town
> and having the Phone Police kick in your door, and take 
> away your first born
> when they discover you've
> had an "Illegal Extension" connected to their telephone 
> system.
>
> Yep, them was the good ole days.
>
> lar

     I thought the FCC dropped this idea (?)
     The old Ma Bell system had some problems but remember 
you were renting a service and all of its parts were 
compatible. "Foreign" equipment could screw up the system. I 
think AT&T would have been ahead of the game by an approval 
process for outside stuff, but they were big and rigid.
     Also remember that if anything broke the friendly 
installer (and they were friendly) would come and fix it 
free. If you broke the phone they would install a new one 
free.
     I wonder if there are others on the list old enough to 
remember staying on the line when placing a long distance 
call to hear the circuit being built? At one time it really 
was the "Voice with a Smile".


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com