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xoxoxoBruce · 03-06-2020, 10:14 PM

In the early '50s Ma Bell was installing these switches so you could dial direct without an operator.
The switches were $2 million each and would handle 20,000 lines, or $100 per line.
At that time they were only charging $4 or $5 a month(plus long distance) but they could get rid of a lot of operators.
I'd play it on double speed.

03-06-2020, 10:14 PM	#719
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	In the early '50s Ma Bell was installing these switches so you could dial direct without an operator. The switches were $2 million each and would handle 20,000 lines, or $100 per line. At that time they were only charging $4 or $5 a month(plus long distance) but they could get rid of a lot of operators. I'd play it on double speed. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.