Metroliner telephone article 4059
On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:40:01 GMT, Philip Nasadowski
* "The Demark" in telephone-man-woman-in the street-speak.
Philip Nasadowski Given the pwire concept was new, I don't see the problem of having the old brake stand as a back up. I don't think that stand caused debugging problems...
Actually that's not true -- they will be more than happy to sell you an inside-premises wiring insurance plan (de-tariffed, of course) covering stuff that rarely if ever needs any repair unless it is abused (which is excluded from coverage). New wiring is done at "market rates". I've done my own IW to Bell Stystem standards for over 50 years, pre-Carterfone notwithstanding.
IIRC the WE 500 (WW-ii era) and 2500 (1950-70s) desk sets -- plain black unless one paid extra each month -- were amortized for a 25-year life.
In 1963 I moved into a place in Riverside, CA and ordered a WE 213 set from Pacific Telephone -- the one that was mounted vertically on the side of a desk, with the hook and 500-series handset out to the side and the dial - rotary of course - on top of the main housing, in an almost vertical plane. The installer said that they had to scour the warehouse to find one (it was about 20 years old) and it was the first time that I had ever seen an installer pull out the diagram to wire a telephone in......
Notwithstanding all the bells and whistels avalable currently, I wish the current sets worked as well and were as rugged as those were.
Maybe initially, but once P wire was debugged, there was no reason to retain it. The metros also were built as pairs (Budd...
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"Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please" Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR PNW Milepost 755 - Tillamook District
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