Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!attctc!vector!telecom-gateway From: eli@chipcom.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Telco Service Anecdote Message-ID: Date: 23 Aug 89 12:42:39 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 18 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 323, message 5 of 11 I had a second phone line installed two winters ago, during a VERY cold spell. Every pair of the 50 pair terminator for my block was used. The phone company had to install a new 50 pair 'trunk' connection back to the somewhere, all to install my one extra line. There were *many* hours of pole time involved here. The NYNEX engineers were involved somehow, not just the typical service cats. It must have taken them quite a while to string that 50 pair cable -- there were phone trucks in my neighborhood for many days! Finally, a regular NYNEX service guy showed up and hooked up the new line in the house. It was a windy 5 degrees out and he was sitting on a telephone pole. He came in every few minutes to warm up and play with our cat. Total cost for all the work was only $60. -- Steve Elias -- eli@spdcc.com, eli@chipcom.com -- voice mail: 617 859 1389 -- work phone: 617 890 6844