wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) (10/30/89)
A subject not mentioned here recently is that of telephone wars. A
friend of mine spent some time in Lawrence, KS in the mid 50's.
He told me there was a full fledged WAR going on between the existing
rural system and the {?} BOC that was trying to move in.
This meant cable cutting, pole sawing and even fistfights between
employees! I don't recall the exact outcome, but I feel sure that the
big guns must have won.
One side effect was the PILES of magneto wall phones left over from
the upgrade to common battery service. The telco piled them up outside
the {only} CO, for the garbage man to cart off. Lee at that time
drove a 56 Caddy ambulance. He FILLED it up, while the employees
laughed at him. "Who could want that old junk?", they said. Of course,
20 years later, he sold them for $100.00+ each.
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