AT&T...I was there..30 years, retired '98...most spent in Mass, AT&T PhoneCenters - SE district..the stores, everyday, had mountains of phone from people turning in there hardwired...or mod jack leases...and purchased phones....from fancy phones, like the Celebrity or Mickey Mouse with trimline receiver.(I have one in the original box)..or just a regular touchtone - wall or desk or princess...
By July of that year, 6 months later, I might add..the mountain started to dwindle....I know..because I had had enough and took a month off in July (NO vacations as of 1/1/1984 - 6/30/1984) had 6 weeks saved up...drove xcountry for a month..
This was the beginning of cellular, hardwired in autos, we had independent contractors for installation..
Well, you know the rest of the story...pick a phone, henny phone...technology today was opened as a result of the antitrust law that broke up the telco....a wonderful career..back then, companies were loyal to their employees, stock ownership plan, healthcare..etc etc..
No, I don't have a dial phone or local service..to the grumbling of my husband..I have told him to keep his cell charged..
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