---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <CANe_ym7EiGJ1VLbs0ZisV0oD76OCGsCbtD63zEFKqTHNL5h36g@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:54:05 -0400 From: Dave Perrussel <anonymous@telecom-digest.org.invalid> Subject: Re: History - 1978 - Santa Catalina Island cutover to dial > In April, 1954, Fredericksburg, VA, cutover to dial. It was such a > big deal that the newspaper printed a special section describing in > detail the cutover process, the telephone company, and ads by > customers. see (right side): > > https://books.google.com/books?id=R2gRAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA12&dq=m > anual%20switchboard&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q=manual%20switchboard&f=false > > > see also front page: (right bottom) "Carefully detailed midnight > operation to give city long awaited dial phones". > > https://books.google.com/books?id=R2gRAAAAIBAJ&lpg=PA12&dq=m > anual%20switchboard&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=manual%20switchboard&f=false I live in Fredericksburg and know the newspaper article you're talking about. That was the cutover was to a #5 Crossbar on 25 April 1954 that served as regional tandem to C&P Telephone (Fredericksburg area and areas to the southwest and northwest, Fredericksburg and Wilderness Telephone (to the west) Commonwealth Telephone (to the north) and Tidewater Telephone (points to the south and east). The rest of the region was ALL step by step. Fredericksburg was the last area to cut over to dial, as the other areas mentioned were already dial between circa 1949 and 1953. That 5XB served the area well until December 1975 when a 1AESS was installed to handle toll traffic to and from the region. The 5XB and 1AESS were eventually cut over to a 5ESS that still serves the area and still serves as the regional tandem. Oh, and due to various mergers over the course of time, the entire area is now all Verizon! Dave Perrussel Telephone World https://www.phworld.org ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180724144009.GA735@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:40:09 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Best cell phone plans for seniors from T-Mobile, Verizon and Sprint What's that you say, US carriers are some of the most expensive you can find anywhere in the world? Why, it was good when they were shelling out iPhone subsidies to you, or when they were in a plan price war, but that period is over, and now the best unlimited plans are encroaching on the $100/month threshold for a single line. Fret not, however, you don't have to go the neutered prepaid route to get some decent deal on wireless, as long as you belong to some special categories of citizens - like seniors... or vets. https://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-cell-phone-plans-for-seniors-65-55-T-Mobile-Verizon-Sprint_id106797 -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180724150151.GA790@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:01:51 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: FCC Solicits Comments On T-Mobile Acquisition Of Sprint by Wendy Davis The Federal Communications Commission is now accepting comments from the public about T-Mobile's proposed $26 billion acquisition of Sprint. The companies said in April that they had agreed to merge, leaving the country with only three major wireless carriers. T-Mobile and Sprint combined have around 100 million wireless customers, while Verizon has roughly 116 million and AT&T has around 93 million. https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/322602/fcc-solicits-comments-on-t-mobile-acquisition-of-s.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20180724142750.GA700@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:27:51 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Verizon Call Center in Huntsville closing HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - As one business gets ready to open, another is closing. The Verizon Call Center in Huntsville is closing its doors this Friday, for good. We told you back in February that the company announced they would be transitioning their Huntsville customer call center to a "home-based agent" model. http://www.wbrc.com/story/38714881/verizon-call-center-in-huntsville-closing -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Wed, 25 Jul 2018