TELECOM Digest OnLine - Sorted: Re: Beginning of the End for AT&T

Re: Beginning of the End for AT&T

Tony P. (kd1s@nospamplease.cox.reallynospam.net)
Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:48:37 -0400

In article <telecom24.295.17@telecom-digest.org>, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
says:

> Too bad nobody builds telephone sets the way Western Electric used to.
> (I have had good service from one Panasonic set and also their
> answering machines, but are they still in the phone business? I don't
> seem to see any of their traditional consumer electronic products as I
> used to.)

There are several people who have huge collections of older 500 and
2500 sets. They peddle them out at $25 to $50 a pop.

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Just think ... 500/2500 sets used to be
as common (or more so) than Western Union clocks, and just as easy to
come by ... walk in an office, walk out with one or two. Now clocks,
as well as Genuine Bell telephones are getting quite hard to come by,
and the people who sell them (for a slight fortune) are quite willing
to pick your pockets in the process. I wish I could get one or two of
the 2500 phones ... :( PAT]

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