TELECOM Digest     Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:46:00 EST    Volume 24 : Issue 497

Inside This Issue:                            Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    Man Arrested in Phishing Phraud (Associated Press News Wire)
    Hackers Use Bird Flu Virus to Spread Computer Virus (Reuters News Wire)
    Lance Armstrong Wins Cybersquatting Case (Reuters News Wire)
    SBC Revises Rates on High Speed Internet (Reuters News Wire)
    Work is Grueling at FEMA Call Center (Sheila Flynn)
    Bell South Likes To Go it Alone (Joseph)
    Cellular-News for Tuesday 1st November 2005 (Cellular-News)
    Halloween on the Hill (Monty Solomon)
    FCC Greenlights Telco Mergers (USTA Daily Lead)
    Re: Old Chicago Numbering (Tony P.)
    Re: Old Chicago Numbering (Jim Stewart)
    Re: Los Angeles Numbering, 1940s (Steven Lichter)
    Re: Phone Shown in 'Capote' / RJ Connector History (fgoodwin)
    Re: Phone Shown in 'Capote' / RJ Connector History (Brad Houser)

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From: Associated Press News Wire <ap@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Man Sentenced in Phishing Phraud
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:42:06 -0600


A British man was sentenced to four years in jail Tuesday for
masterminding a "phishing" fraud which stole identities and bank
details from customers of the eBay auction site.

Prosecutors said David Levi, 29, of Lytham, England, led a six-man
gang that stole nearly 200,000 pounds (US$360,000) from more than 160
people. They sent e-mails to eBay customers, pretending to be from
eBay, asking for bank details.

Other gang members were sentenced to jail terms ranging from six
months to two years.

"This was a coordinated and sophisticated fraud which took place over
a 12-month period which required a determined and calculated
approach," said Judge Phillip Sycamore, presiding in Preston Crown
Court.

"A large number of people lost a significant amount of money, and it
is quite apparent that the use of a fraudulent eBay site was quite
sophisticated," Sycamore said.

Levi, who was already serving a sentence for drug offenses, was
sentenced three years for fraud and one year for perverting the course
of justice, to be served consecutively.

His brother Guy Levi, 22, was jailed for 21 months after pleading
guilty to conspiracy to defraud.

Daniel Lett, 22, was sentenced to two years for conspiracy to defraud.

Derek Anderson, 59, Chris Worden, 23, Craig Jameson, 31, and Gareth
Rice, 22, were each jailed for six months on money laundering charges.

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Hackers Use Bird Flu Virus to Spread Computer Virus
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:43:30 -0600


Computer hackers are exploiting fears over bird flu by releasing a
computer virus attached to an email passing itself off as containing
avian flu information, warned Spanish computer firm Panda Software.

The virus Naiva.A masquerades as a word document with email subject
lines such as "Outbreak in North America" and "What is avian influenza
(bird flu)?," said the firm on its Web site http://www.pandasoftware.com .

When the file is opened, the virus modifies, creates and delete
files. A second part of the virus installs a program that allows
hackers to gain remote control of infected computers.

The firm said the virus can not spread on its own but needs to be
manually distributed via email, Internet downlaods or file transfers.

"They fake the email header so it looks like it comes from somewhere
that's authoritative," Australian computer security specialist Allan
Bell said on Tuesday. It is from the 'government' urging your
cooperation .

Bell said he had no reports of the virus in Australia.

Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. 

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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Lance Armstrong Wins Cybersquatting Case
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:40:00 -0600


The Lance Armstrong Foundation, a Texas-based charity set up by the
American cycling champion to raise funds for cancer research, on
Tuesday won the right to evict cybersquatters from websites selling
LIVESTRONG bracelets.

Two rulings ordering a California-based operator to transfer three
disputed domain names were handed down by a panel of arbitrators
appointed by the U.N.'s World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO).

CSA Marketing and Chris Angeles registered the domain names, and in
late 2004, offering the popular bracelets at commercial profit in "bad
faith," the rulings said.

"There is nothing, in short, to persuade the panel that the
registration and use of the domain names was anything other than
opportunistic and abusive conduct...," the arbitrators said.

The Austin-based Armstrong foundation, set up in 1997 by the cancer
survivor and seven-time Tour de France winner, registered the
LIVESTRONG trademark in New York state in 2004 and has two pending
federal trademark applications, according to the ruling.

The non-profit group has sold more than 50 million LIVESTRONG
bracelets to heighten awareness about cancer survivorship and raise
money for its charitable programmes.

Under WIPO's low-cost, fast-track procedure, ownership of a domain
name is transferred within 10 days unless the loser launches a court
case challenging the decision.


Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited.

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From: Reuters News Wire <reuters@telecom-digest.org>
Subject: SBC Revises High-Speed Internet Pricing
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:41:01 -0600


SBC Communications Inc. said on Monday it was revamping prices for its
high-speed Internet services, cutting most regular monthly rates to
lure more customers onto higher-speed lines.

The moves come after SBC, the No. 2 U.S telecommunications company,
launched a $14.95-per-month promotion for its digital subscriber line
service earlier this year, aiming to convert dial-up Internet users
and grab more customers than cable competitors.

SBC said starting Tuesday, its basic high-speed Internet service with
download speeds of up to 1.5 megabits will sell for $16.99 per month
for the first six months. After six months, SBC will charge $29.99 a
month, down from its previous charge of $49.95 per month after the
first year of service.

For its higher grade service offering download speeds of up to 3
megabits per second, SBC cut its introductory price by $3 to $21.99,
and cut the regular monthly charge by $25 to $34.99.

<i>The offers are available only to new customers, and require users
to buy SBC telephone service.</i>

Cable high-speed Internet services from providers such as Comcast
Corp.  typically run from $35 to 45 per month, but also offer faster
downloads than DSL lines.

SBC added a record 528,000 DSL subscribers in the third quarter,
bringing its total to 6.5 million. The company considers DSL
subscribers key to its plans to launch subscription television
services widely next year.


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From: Sheila Flynn <ap@telecom-digest.org> 
Subject: Work is Grueling at FEMA Call Center
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 10:38:02 -0600


By SHEILA FLYNN, Associated Press Writer

Some hurricane victims tearfully call Evelyn Simmons from motel rooms,
out of money and hope, begging for any kind of help she can provide
from the federal call center where she works.

Some angrily demand quicker assistance and less bureaucracy. Some have
even told Simmons' colleagues they're considering suicide.

"They're helpless, and you can't get to them," she said.

The hopelessness lingers for Simmons, 57, and her co-workers at the
Federal Emergency Management Agency center long after the callers hang
up.

The already stressful job has became even more grueling in recent
months as hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma smashed into the country
in an eight-week span. As many as 73,000 calls could come in on any
given day at the four call centers FEMA has set up.

The call centers usually work round-the-clock shifts during disasters,
helping to temporarily house people and assist with aid
applications. But those crisis hours are normally short-lived, as
victims return to their homes to patch up damaged property and lives,
said applicant services manager Phyllis Paton.

This time there's been no let up. Katrina hit on Aug. 29, displacing
an estimated 1.5 million and causing more than $34 billion in
damage. As call center operators struggled to assist those evacuees,
Hurricane Rita roared ashore on Sept. 24 -- sparking an exodus of
approximately 3 million more people.

"I've never seen anything like it," said Paton, who has worked for
FEMA since 1983. "This disaster's very, very strange, because
normally, the disaster occurs, then they go back."

Many FEMA workers had been working 12-hour shifts, 12 days in a row,
when Wilma hit Florida on Oct. 24.

"When they saw Wilma coming, it was heartbreaking," Paton said. "They
were begging for two days in a row off before they had to kick it up
again. The stress level out here is unbelievable."

The Denton center's 1,261 workers now are breaking up their time among
three eight-hour shifts each day. FEMA tries to give employees time
off after six days worked, Paton said. Calls are handled by 350
workers on each shift, and the center has hired a temp agency to fill
empty chairs.

The limited time off and excessive hours have taken their toll.

Simmons said she didn't even have enough time to see her 19-year-old
granddaughter before she shipped out to Iraq with the Army.

"That kind of got next to me," said Simmons, who has worked at the
FEMA center for 13 years.

Paton said she's also seen the hurricanes' effect on her family. Her
husband is calling himself a "disaster widower," and her grandson has
become "grumpy" and withdrawn in her absence.

There's been plenty of stress at the office too. Hurricane evacuees --
more than 250,000 of whom relocated to Texas -- have shown up at the
building's gate, demanding help.

Paton said particularly dramatic calls during the storms have prompted
outbursts of emotion on the floor, with callers "screaming and my
folks screaming, and everybody's crying."

Stress counselors are available on each shift, and workers are also
entitled to six free counseling sessions. There is no way to record
how many take advantage of the offer because the sessions are
anonymous, Paton said.

But those counselors may not be enough, said Dr. Alan LaGrone,
associate professor of psychiatry at University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center.  With such intense exposure to workplace stress, the
FEMA employees could develop "a secondary trauma themselves from
listening to traumatic stories all day," he said.

Such an occurrence is usually seen in therapists dealing with war-torn
or horrified communities, but LaGrone said the prolonged drama of the
hurricanes could engender the condition in call operators.

"My hypothesis is that people from a call center may develop something
similar to that, partly exacerbated by the fact that they may feel
powerless to help," he said.

On the Net: http://www.fema.gov

Copyright 2005 The Associated Press.

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From: Joseph <JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com>
Subject: Bell South Likes To Go it Alone
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 06:19:03 -0800
Reply-To: JoeOfSeattle@yahoo.com


By Leslie Cauley, USA TODAY

ATLANTA Last winter, BellSouth CEO Duane Ackerman passed yet again on
a chance to turn his company into a global player. The invitation came
from his old friend and business partner, SBC CEO Ed Whitacre.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-10-31-bellsouth-mergers_x.htm


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: For more headlines each day from USA Today,
please go to http://telecom-digest.org/td-extra/internet-news.html    PAT] 

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Subject: Cellular-News for Tuesday 1st November 2005
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:23:39 -0600
From: Cellular-News <dailydigest@cellular-news-mail.com>


Cellular-News - http://www.cellular-news.com

Telenor Buys Vodafone Sweden
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14640.php

Vodafone has agreed to sell its 100% interest in Vodafone Sweden to
Telenor, the pan-Nordic telecommunications operator. Vodafone Sweden
is being sold for an Enterprise Value of US$1.25 billion, implying an
Enterprise Value to EBITDA multiple of 11x ...

Vodafone Launches 3G in Australia
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14639.php

Vodafone Australia switched on its 3G network yesterday. Vodafone's 3G
services are available in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra metropolitan
areas and at airports in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane,
Adelaide and Perth. The network will continue...

Second GSM Operator for Palestine
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14638.php

The Palestinian Authority is understood to have asked for additional
frequencies to be released so that a second GSM network operator can
be established in the West Bank and Gaza. Palestinian Authority
Minister of Communications Sabri Saidm has asked...

Expanding Egyptian Operator Capacity
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14637.php

Tekelec has announced a multi-million dollar deal with the Egypt's
Mobinil to deploy significant capacity extensions to the Tekelec EAGLE
5 Signalling Application System (SAS) and Integrated Application
Solution (IAS) monitoring platform. The extensi...

RIM Takes New European HQ
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14636.php

Slough Estates has let a flagship office development on the Slough
Trading Estate in the south-east UK, to Research in Motion (RIM), the
company behind the BlackBerry mobile communication device. In a
transaction that represents one of the largest Th...

Two New 3G Handsets for Vodafone Germany
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14635.php

Samsung has launched two new 3G phones with Vodafone Germany. The two
clamshell phones are lightweight at only 110 and 105 grams
respectively, and they incorporate a comprehensive range of first-rate
features at attractive prices....

Selling Ringtones in Retail Stores
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14634.php

Nokia has introduced the Nokia Local Content Channel Solution,
CoolZone, that is a Bluetooth based end-to-end solution for
distributing digital content to consumers' phones in retail
locations. With CoolZone, retailers like music stores, phone shops ...

World's First 3G Single Core Modem for Mobile Phones
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14633.php

Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled its 3G single core modem
processor, at the heart of the MXC300-30 platform, based on the Mobile
eXtreme Convergence architecture. Freescale says that it is the first
to provide a single core modem for third genera...

Virgin Taps Emblaze for Xmas Handset
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14632.php

Emblaze Mobile has announced an agreement which will see its handsets
available to the UK arm of Virgin Mobile. The advanced Sting 6 device
is especially customised for the 16-24 group age with top features and
attractive pricing at below 80....

3G Body Approves TD-SCDMA Standard
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14631.php

China's ZTE Corp. says that a TD-SCDMA standard, TR 34.943, has been
approved by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) as one of
the 3G mobile communications standards. The standard was promoted and
drafted by ZTE together with Datang Mobile ...

Kyrgyz court cancels decision upholding Alfa's right on Bitel
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14630.php

Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek City Court has cancelled an earlier issued court
ruling upholding Russia's Alfa Group ownership right to Kyrgyzstan's
Bitel mobile operator, Bitel's press office said Monday. ...

Sprint Enters Turf Of ITunes, Napster With Song Downloads
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14629.php

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new direct music download service for mobile
phones treads on turf previously dominated by online music stores. ...

KPN: Counter Bid For O2 "Is Out Of The Question"
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14628.php

A counter bid by Dutch incumbent telecommunications operator Royal KPN
NV (KPN) for U.K. mobile operator O2 PLC, is "out of the question,"
KPN spokesman Marinus Potman said Monday. ...

Phone Industry Fails To Stop Lawsuits Over Radiation
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14627.php

The cellular-phone industry Monday failed to stop proceedings in
several state class-action lawsuits over whether radiation emitted by
cellphones is harmful to consumers who use them. ...

Russia's MegaFon to give free phones in M.Video's Moscow stores
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14626.php

Russia's third largest mobile operator MegaFon plans to give free
mobile handsets to subscribers in M.Video stores in Moscow, MegaFon
said in a statement Monday. ...

FOCUS: Deutsche Telekom Loses In Telefonica Play For O2
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14625.php

[Premium] Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Executive Kai-Uwe Ricke may have
had better starts to his week. ...

LONDON MARKETS: O2, Virgin Mobile Surge In London
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14624.php

ondon shares were boosted by gains from mobile phone operators on
Monday, with O2 leading the sector after it received a 17.7 billion
pound bid from Spain's Telefonica. ...

Israeli Min In Political Appointments At Telecom Probe
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14623.php

JERUSALEM (AP)--Israel's Attorney General Meni Mazuz has opened an
investigation into allegations Vice Premier Ehud Olmert -- to be
appointed Finance Minister later Monday -- made political appointments
in Israel's main telephone company when he was co...

UPDATE: Telefonica To Buy O2 For $31.5 Billion
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14622.php

Spain's Telefonica SA on Monday agreed to buy British mobile phone
operator O2 for $31.5 billion, continuing a wave of consolidation in
the European telecommunications industry. ...

Ericsson Gets Order To Supply GSM Network In Uruguay
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14621.php

Sweden's Ericsson Monday said it received an order from Telefonica
Moviles S.A.'s operator in Uruguay, Movistar Uruguay, to supply a GSM
transmission network. ...

Samsung Elec Supplies 3G Mobile Handsets To Sprint Nextel
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14620.php

Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it began supplying
third-generation mobile handsets based on the EV-DO network to
U.S-based Sprint Nextel. ...

BSkyB Launches Sky Mobile TV With Vodafone UK
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14619.php

Vodafone U.K. and British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) announced Monday an
agreement to launch a mobile TV service in the U.K. ...

Telefonica Buys O2 For GBP17.7 Billion In Cash Deal
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/14618.php

Telefonica, the Spanish incumbent telecommunications operator, Monday
said it has agreed to buy O2 PLC, the U.K. mobile telecoms company,
for GBP17.7 billion in cash. ...

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:56:03 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
Subject: Halloween on the Hill


Halloween on the Hill

     If you would like to join our jamboree
     There's a simple rule that's compulsory
     Mortals pay a token fee
     Rest in peace; the haunting's free

- The Crypt, Disney's The Haunted Mansion

Halloween is traditionally the time when the undead walk; preposterous
monstrosities that no-one could imagine living stumble and moan
through the land.

So guess what the entertainment industry decided to dust off for an
extra spooky session with the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday?

Why, yes, they are bringing the broadcast flag. And, certainly, there
is talk of their henchmen at the RIAA clumsily re-animating their
insane digital radio requirements.

But that's not spooky enough for the MPAA. For their party trick this
year, they want to take one of the most basic and ubiquitous
components in multimedia, and encase it within a pile of
legally-enforced, complex, and patented proprietary technology -
forever.

Ladies and gentlemen, the MPAA have chosen Halloween week to resurrect
their most misconceived monster ever: the Thing from the Analog Hole.

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004106.php


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: And what better way, following
Halloween to introduce it than on November 1, All Saints Day, to
illustrate the fact that they are all saints in their dealing with
the public.   PAT]

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Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:49:11 EST
From: USTelecom dailyLead <ustelecom@dailylead.com>
Subject: FCC Greenlights Telco Mergers


USTelecom dailyLead
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* FCC greenlights telco mergers
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* MSOs pact with Sprint Nextel
* Motorola drops lawsuit against Nortel CEO
* Analysis: Telefonica-O2 merger would shake up global telecom industry
* BellSouth charts its own course
* Private-equity group inks deal to buy Cox assets
* PMC-Sierra snaps up former Agilent unit
* SBC alters pricing for broadband options
* Qwest reports earnings
USTELECOM SPOTLIGHT
* USTelecom Member Special - 25% off TMW Dallas registration
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* New wireless communications protocol designed for travelers
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* Qwest settles shareholder lawsuits for $400M

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From: Tony P. <kd1s.nospam@nospam.cox.nosapm.net>
Subject: Re: Old Chicago Numbering
Organization: Ace Tomato and Cement Co.
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:43:17 -0500


In article <telecom24.493.9@telecom-digest.org>, jsw@ivgate.omahug.org 
says:

> Ma Bell (sorry, old habit) had 'standard builds' for large metro
> offices and seemed to follow them quite consistently over the years.
> Their upgrades seemed to follow these patterns:

> Panel -> 5Xb
> Panel -> ESS
> 1Xb -> ESS
> 5Xb -> ESS

> and, of course,

> SxS -> ESS  (mostly CDO, PBX, etc.)

> We won't even talk about the 101ESS. <big snotty grin>

Providence, RI went from Panel to ESS. It had to have been around 1972
or so since we'd moved from a location in the city that only had
rotary dial service to one that had DTMF and the definite ESS call
progress tones.

I do recall that they really stretched out the cutovers. My
grandparents house in Providence still had the old style call progress
tones indicating they were still on the Panel until 1975 or so. The CO
for most of Providence is a huge building -- at least 14 floors that
were once filled with switching gear. Now it's just the 4th floor. The
rest of the building is offices.
 
I do recall moving from Providence, RI to North Providence, RI and
being stuck on the #5 Xbar serving Pawtucket. It was a fun machine
what with its loopbacks, etc. When they cut to the #5 ESS it was like
losing an old friend.

In article <telecom24.494.6@telecom-digest.org>, Wesrock@aol.com says:

> In a message dated Sun, 30 Oct 2005 14:21:21 CST, jsw@ivgate.omahug.org 
> writes:

>> Very seldom did Ma Bell use SxS for large metropolitan installations.
>> They seemed to prefer remaining with manual service until they could
>> install 'machine switching' using Panel or later 1Xb.

> "Very seldom"?  How about Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Tulsa,
> Oklahoma City and, of course, much of the Los Angeles area.
> Undoubtedly true of many other places as well..

> All those had been completely converted to dial by the early 1930s,
> perhaps in the 1920s.  The first dial office in Oklahoma City was cut
> over in early 1921 (using Automatic Electric SxS equipment; Bell Labs
> and W.E. had not yet recognized there was a need for such equipment.
> The remainder of the city was converted to dial in 1927 or 1928...by
> this time with W.E. SxS equipmenmt.  I think the remainder of the
> cities mentioned in Texas and Oklahoma had a similar history.

> The first XBs in Southwestern Bell territory outside of Kansas City
> and St. Louis were 5XBs in smaller towns converting to dial.  The
> first 5XB in Oklahoma City was the SKyline office, now 751, which
> happens to still serve where I live (now ESS of course).

> One of the first installations of 5XB in the Los Angeles area was by
> the Sunland-Tujunga Telephone Company.

> 1XB, of course, was intended to be use in metropolitan areas that were
> panel.  As originally configured it used on panel-type revertive
> pulsing -- even when one 1XB office was communication with another 1XB
> office.  It had no provision for communicating with step equipment,
> which is why the 1XB installations in Southwestern Bell territory were
> limited to St. Louis and Kansas City.

Even the 5XB understood revertive pulsing. Some of them ended up as
minor toll tandems for the remaining Panel switches in an area.

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:17:24 -0800
From: Jim Stewart <jstewart@jkmicro.com>
Reply-To: jstewart@jkmicro.com
Organization: http://www.jkmicro.com
Subject: Re: Old Chicago Numbering


> Conversion from manual to dial was by no means an indicator of how
> "busy" an exchange was.  There were other factors as well.  As
> mentioned in another post, it was practical for Bell to have manual
> pay telephones in some resorts into the 1970s.  Plenty of busy small
> towns had manual as late as 1962, probably requiring a huge
> switchboard.  In thinking about two towns I know of, I realize they
> might have been busy during the day, but virtually empty overnight.

My hometown, Cle Elum, Washington, was cut over from manual to SxS in
the summer of 1966. Much of my present interest in electronics and
telco equipment can be traced back to that summer.  I spent many hours
watching the WE techs install the switch and I carted home vast piles
of scrap to play with.  I was about 14 at the time.

Anyone traveling on Interstate 90 through Washington might be
interested in stopping at the telephone museum in Cle Elum.  It's in
the orginal manual exchange building and it was the labor of one local
woman to preserve as much of the manual system and equipment as
possible.

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From: Steven Lichter <shlichter@diespammers.com>
Reply-To: Die@spammers.com
Organization: I Kill Spammers, Inc.  (c) 2005 A Rot in Hell Co.
Subject: Re: Los Angeles Numbering, 1940s
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 04:21:00 GMT


Tim@Backhome.org wrote:

> Steven Lichter wrote:

>> 60's when the changes were made.  I started with CWT/GTE in 1967 and
>> they were already changed and using 48/53 Full Satt.

> Wasn't 1967 the year that then General Telephone of California bought
> CWT (California Water and Telephone for you lurkers; aka "Cal Drip and
> Tinkle."  ;-)

> I grew up in Monrovia, a CWT town.  We didn't get automatic dialing
> until 1950, as I recall.

CWT for a year or so was part of The General System, then in 1967 they
integrated it with General Telephone of California.  But even though
it was merged into the California company it functioned on its own
until 1969.  The California standards were only partly used by CWT,
they pretty much used WE standards. I went to Nuts and Bolts school,
in Walnut, but when I came back to San Fernando after school, my boss
told me to forget must of what I had learned.  We were still using the
WE cable with some Stromberg cable.  The color code was a bit
different.  I was a C.O. Installer the full 30 years I was with them.
When I retired we were a different company, with different standards.
It has even changed more now under Verizon.  I have done contract work
in Washington, Oregon and California over the last few years, it is
really a different world.  Boy I miss the old SXS days, all that noise
and so simple to work on.  If you had a problem, it would not effect
the whole office unless it was in the Satt systems, now you edit data
and you can take down the whole office and any others down stream.

The only good spammer is a dead one!!  Have you hunted one down today?
(c) 2005  I Kill Spammers, Inc.  A Rot in Hell Co.

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From: fgoodwin <fgoodwin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Phone Shown in 'Capote' / RJ Connector History
Date: 1 Nov 2005 07:39:45 -0800
Organization: http://groups.google.com


There was a scene in a 70s SF movie (may have been "THX-1138" or
"Colossus the Forbin Project") in which the protagonist escapes into a
huge "computer".  The scene was actually shot inside a telco CO!

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From: Brad Houser <bradDOThouser@intel.com>
Subject: Re: Phone Shown in 'Capote' / RJ Connector History
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:03:36 -0800
Organization: Intel Corporation


C_shore wrote:

>> I hate sloppy history in movie props. Were RJ connectors in use in 66?

>> This could be the worst film/phone mistake since a movie (sorry I
>> forgot the name) that showed an actor using a Pacific Bell pay phone
>> in New York City some years back.

It was Dulles International (Washington, DC) and the film was Die Hard 2.

Brad Houser

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