At 22:46 -0500 07/18/2002, Robyn Lyons wrote: >Anyone remember when you had only two choices for a phone. Rotary wall >mount. Or rotary slimline. Some more progressive cities had touchtone! >Being born in 1980, I don't remember the monopoly days, but I study turn >of the century/mid-20th century telecommunications as a hobby. Hmmmm, I >need a life........
And the phone company leased you the phone, but there was no way you could buy one. You basically had to pay whatever they asked for the lease. To be fair, it was pretty reasonable, but if you wanted anything other than basic black, they charged extra. I'm not really up on all the changes the break up has wrought, but long distance service is definitely worlds cheaper now than it was then. But they used long distance fees to subsidize the costs of local service when it was all one big company. I don't even have a long distance service any more (can't stand the minimum monthly fees). The calling card at Sam's is under $.04/minute now. That's cheaper than most, if not all, of the regular long distance services. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
