Comments by "J Gry" (@jgrysiak6566) on "AT&T Tech Channel" channel.

  1. I remember the cut in my town from step to 2BESS, U got the old dial tone & the new dial town mixing together @ the same time. It went on for about an hour!
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  2. My aunt lived in Bethesda! She sold her house in the 2000's for almost a million dollars. She always had a pushbutton phone during the crossbar days! I always thought it was so neat!
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  3. @George Chism  , ours was married to a state Senator! Sandy Romanelli, Pittsburgh, PA. Loved her, those were the days when management cared about u. RIP
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  4. #5 Crossbar town
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  5. @lapub7972  , right, the 2BES office in Baden , PA only lasted about 15 yrs until, 5ESS took over!
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  6. & all the old school management that cared about u retired in 1990 @ the call center in Bell of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh.
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  7. 1986 @ Bell of PA
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  8. Verizon cut Operator wages 20 yrs ago on new hires!
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  9. & pushbutton phones too
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  10. It was a money scheme, especially the short long distance phone calls to towns that were 10 miles away
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  11. Why did they keep Step by step running so long? I heard they were expensive to maintain!
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  12. ​ @abandonedcranium6592  , probably sold to a 3rd world country.
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  13. Many left AT&T & came back to Bell@
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  14. Some were nice, some were mediocre, some were nasty. Just depended on their mood that day!
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  15. That was b4 global warming, now u just leave it on when u leave! Lol
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  16.  @tieline1333  , not on Smartphones
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  17. Yes, they had to build a new central office building in Baden, PA in 1980 accommodate the new 2BESS office. The old step by step office built in 1930 was too draconian & small!
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  18. They did have men in the early days but they went to the wayside!
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  19. B4 my time! My town was rotary dial step growing up; installed in 1930!
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  20. Touch tone dialing wasn't available in my town until 1980
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  21.  @albear972  , it was $1.75 extra in PA
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  22.  @kd1s , gone are the days of short distance, long distant fone calls saved by cell fones!
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  23. Or walked or road your bike!
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  24. Depression Era wages in the 1930s
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  25. 1930 in Baden, PA
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  26. Or when we dialed "0" when we were at grandma's house! She yelled & said "hang up" the Operator gonna call back & give her hell! Lol
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  27. Why didn't they replace Step by step offices to crossbar #5 in those days?
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  28. Rotary dialing was the only option in a SXS town! Touchtone phones were only a dream in those days!
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  29. Till 1975 for toll calls in Baden , PA, all local calls were direct dialed
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