Comments by "J Notes" (@Janotes) on "ATu0026T Archives: The Phone Boom of the 1950s" video.

  1. The Great Bell System! Almost 37 years now since the Divestiture of Ma Bell. The kids today dont have a clue about the Bell System. Gone are the days of the "telephone man" installing that Rotary Ivory 554 wall Set in the kitchen. "Hey can I get the Longer cord"?
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  2. 660-7 came in handy around banks of payphones. As kids my friends and I would dial the number at the payphones It would shut the dial tone off for 5 minutes. Anyone walking up to use the phone would lose their deposit until The dial tone came back. We always had Quarters for video games. This was the early 80s👍
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  3. I believe that set was eventually the WE 1500 set. No star or pound symbol. Kinda looks like the government AutoVon sets..
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  4. In NYC we had 660.. 660-7 used to shut the line off. 660-6 used to send ring generator back after you hang up. One time when I was playing around with different digits, I guess somebody from the C.O. answered me and threatened to shut off the service.
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  5. Grew up in the waning days of the Bell System, I used to open up the telephone sets at home to explore- sometimes breaking something in the process. Then I would watch the repairman fix or Replace the sets. I have had a lifetime Interest ever since.
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  6. Yeah when Ralph Kramden got his Phone, Ed Norton ran down to congratulate him...
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  7.  Brains00007  I will admit it's been a good 35 years since the early 80s for me but after a google search of coin telephone costs it appears the Bell System was granted a rate increase in 1984 for certain major cities up to .25 cents. We had New York Telephone As our carrier back in the day so I guess my comment should have Read this was the "mid 80s" instead.👍
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  8.  @h0tel1  "Carter Phone" really paved the way for "Crap phones"
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