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Of course that benefit was for the administration of the Bell System, and may or may not have ever benefited a customer directly! Unfortunately, efficient engineering was *not* the only design consideration. Company...

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Right, but that's the only way to pay for the horrendous cost of the LNP system. It's similar to welfare -- tax everyone to pay for the few that take advantage...

Well "Verizon" in NYC is really no better, as one must pbutt a credit check before they will install new service. And again, if the address is one where previous service was disconnected for non-payment, one must submit proof (a lease, deed) that one is a new resident and not the deadbeat. FWIW ConEd is the same way, as had to send them a copy of the lease when I moved into a new apartment where the previous tenant was a deadbeat. This struck me as odd since was moving from another apartment where I already had electrical service, and in essence was merely asking to have the account transferred.

Many young kids today don't even bother with landline phones in their new apartments, and just use their cell phone as their primary phone.

Sorry to hear about your problem, but having lived on the other end of the problem, it does get annoying running up and down stairs-street to fetch people for telephone calls-messages. Persons would telephone at odd hours or *gasp* during dinner (always no-no in our house), and that would drive anyone crazy. Worse still were the moochers that would make long-distance and or toll calls then not pay up when the bill came in. Always some excuse about "I'll pay up next week", In the mean time the phone company did not want to hear it, if you didn't pay your bill on time. In their view, anyone who let strangers use their phone got what they deserved, that is what call boxes were for.

Had a friend whose father was a serial deadbeat with NYT, but she finally got an account set up (she lived in the basement apartment), using her mother's maiden name. About one day before NYT was due to come out and hook up service, New York Telephone's business office called the girls mother at work and told her service was NOT going to be connected and that she was to return the equipment (trimline phone, etc) at once or else. The woman tried to play innocent by asking "what is the problem?", the woman from NYT told her "you know what the problem is, your husband didn't pay his previous bills". Poor woman tried her best, but New York Telephone was not giving an inch, the phone was returned and it wasn't until serious changes took place with the Bells, that the house ever got phone service again.

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		Metroliner telephone article 4093 Metroliner telephone article 4097 Of course that benefit was for the administration of the Bell System, and may or may not have ever benefited a customer directly! Unfortunately, efficient engineering was not the only design consideration. Company... service proof service Hate did Metroliner telephone article 4094 Right, but that's the only way to pay for the horrendous cost of the LNP system. It's similar to welfare -- tax everyone to pay for the few that take advantage... Well "Verizon" in NYC is really no better, as one must pbutt a credit check before they will install new service. And again, if the address is one where previous service was disconnected for non-payment, one must submit proof (a lease, deed) that one is a new resident and not the deadbeat. FWIW ConEd is the same way, as had to send them a copy of the lease when I moved into a new apartment where the previous tenant was a deadbeat. This struck me as odd since was moving from another apartment where I already had electrical service, and in essence was merely asking to have the account transferred. Many young kids today don't even bother with landline phones in their new apartments, and just use their cell phone as their primary phone. more Sorry to hear about your problem, but having lived on the other end of the problem, it does get annoying running up and down stairs-street to fetch people for telephone calls-messages. Persons would telephone at odd hours or gasp during dinner (always no-no in our house), and that would drive anyone crazy. Worse still were the moochers that would make long-distance and or toll calls then not pay up when the bill came in. Always some excuse about "I'll pay up next week", In the mean time the phone company did not want to hear it, if you didn't pay your bill on time. In their view, anyone who let strangers use their phone got what they deserved, that is what call boxes were for. Had a friend whose father was a serial deadbeat with NYT, but she finally got an account set up (she lived in the basement apartment), using her mother's maiden name. About one day before NYT was due to come out and hook up service, New York Telephone's business office called the girls mother at work and told her service was NOT going to be connected and that she was to return the equipment (trimline phone, etc) at once or else. The woman tried to play innocent by asking "what is the problem?", the woman from NYT told her "you know what the problem is, your husband didn't pay his previous bills". Poor woman tried her best, but New York Telephone was not giving an inch, the phone was returned and it wasn't until serious changes took place with the Bells, that the house ever got phone service again. Candide List \| Previous \| Next



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