Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 14 May 2008 14:32:30 -0700 William Souden wrote:
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>> One nice thing about those days was when you had a phone problem
>> you called 611 and regardless of whether it was the phone,inside wiring
>> or outside they fixed it.
>
> True. But then again, with what we used to pay, we should've each had our
> own personal repairman on standby.
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Agreed. At one time you had to rent everything from the phone
company. They also charged monthly fees for things like an extension
phone on the same line. Now that I think of it the cable people used to
charge for a second tv getting basic cable. When they were forced to
stop the practice they warned people about imaginary hazards of hooking
up a second tv on your own (they are allowed to charge for doing the
cabling).