Re: History -- introduction of Touch Tone in Independent Companies? [telecom]

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Re: History -- introduction of Touch Tone in Independent Companies? [telecom] Sam Spade 08-07-2008
Posted by Sam Spade on August 7, 2008, 4:01 pm
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hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:


> (I remember GTE/AE pay phones that had smaller rectangular buttons
> instead of the square ones of Bell phones).

The ergonomics of those small AE buttons
were terrible.

I travel through former GTE territory on a
regular basis. Where I can still find LEC
pay stations Verizon seems to have gotten
rid of most of those small button pay
stations.

A notable exception was in a remote High
Sierra town (June Lake, CA) last week where
the Verizon (previously, GTE, and before
that Contel) pay station still had those
little buttons. Interestingly, the station
enclosure had been replaced with one
featuring the looks-like-the-Bell-System
bell logo.)





Posted by Steven Lichter on August 7, 2008, 8:50 pm
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Sam Spade wrote:
> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>
>
>> (I remember GTE/AE pay phones that had smaller rectangular buttons
>> instead of the square ones of Bell phones).
>
> The ergonomics of those small AE buttons
> were terrible.
>
> I travel through former GTE territory on a
> regular basis. Where I can still find LEC
> pay stations Verizon seems to have gotten
> rid of most of those small button pay
> stations.
>
> A notable exception was in a remote High
> Sierra town (June Lake, CA) last week where
> the Verizon (previously, GTE, and before
> that Contel) pay station still had those
> little buttons. Interestingly, the station
> enclosure had been replaced with one
> featuring the looks-like-the-Bell-System
> bell logo.)
>
>
>
>
One one side of the enclosure you will see Verizon, the other side has
the bell logo. You will see this in none Verizon areas also; in front
of 7-11, CVS Albertsons, Vons/Safeway and a couple of other stores, they
have a contract with them. I thought Verizon sold off June Lake and a
few other former Contel areas up there?

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Posted by on August 8, 2008, 1:02 pm
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wrote:
> hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
> > (I remember GTE/AE pay phones that had smaller rectangular buttons
> > instead of the square ones of Bell phones).
>
> The ergonomics of those small AE buttons
> were terrible.
>
> I travel through former GTE territory on a
> regular basis.  Where I can still find LEC
> pay stations Verizon seems to have gotten
> rid of most of those small button pay
> stations.

Remember, there were many smaller Independent companies besides GTE
(General Telephone & Electronics). But many of them bought their
equipment from the GTE manfuacturer, Automatic Electric Company. So,
you could find those tiny button pay phones in a great many places.
Turnpike rest stops, often served by an Independent in a rural area,
had them, probably still do.

As an aside, while Verizon bought out GTE, it stil refers to GTE
territories separately. Infrastructure can take years to change. I
suspect there are plenty of AE designed-built ESS in service that
aren't going anywhere.

Further, the Independents traded service territories among
themselves. There was an effort in the 1970s to swap exchanges so
that one carrier would have a contiguous area, which was more
efficient to serve.


The AE basic telephone set, the model 80, looked very similar to the
Bell model 500, except the dial finger stop was lower on the circle,
and the dial was quieter.

Could anyone describe what the basic AE Touch Tone set looked like?
They marketed it as "Touch Calling" ("Touch Tone" was the Bell System
official name.)


Posted by Bill on August 9, 2008, 12:03 pm
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hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote in news:9209dd99-eba2-4ca6-8d9b-f91119ab2bd9
@m44g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

> wrote:
>> hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>> > (I remember GTE/AE pay phones that had smaller rectangular buttons
>> > instead of the square ones of Bell phones).
>>
>> The ergonomics of those small AE buttons
>> were terrible.
>>
>> I travel through former GTE territory on a
>> regular basis.  Where I can still find LEC
>> pay stations Verizon seems to have gotten
>> rid of most of those small button pay
>> stations.
>
> Remember, there were many smaller Independent companies besides GTE
> (General Telephone & Electronics). But many of them bought their
> equipment from the GTE manfuacturer, Automatic Electric Company. So,
> you could find those tiny button pay phones in a great many places.
> Turnpike rest stops, often served by an Independent in a rural area,
> had them, probably still do.
>
> As an aside, while Verizon bought out GTE, it stil refers to GTE
> territories separately. Infrastructure can take years to change. I
> suspect there are plenty of AE designed-built ESS in service that
> aren't going anywhere.

Steve

The former GTE areas of Vz are commonly referred to as Verizon-West, or
fGTE, while the former Bell Atlantic is known as; Verizon-East, fBA.


>
> Further, the Independents traded service territories among
> themselves. There was an effort in the 1970s to swap exchanges so
> that one carrier would have a contiguous area, which was more
> efficient to serve.
>
>
> The AE basic telephone set, the model 80, looked very similar to the
> Bell model 500, except the dial finger stop was lower on the circle,
> and the dial was quieter.
>
> Could anyone describe what the basic AE Touch Tone set looked like?
> They marketed it as "Touch Calling" ("Touch Tone" was the Bell System
> official name.)


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