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From: 0004133373@mcimail.com (Donald E. Kimberlin)
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Subject: "Last" magneto phones ???
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Date: 13 Jul 90 17:57:00 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 483, Message 7 of 12


 
In article (Digest v10, iss477), Jeff wrote:

<As reported ... the town of North Falls, Idaho is the last remaining
<location in the United States that still operates hand-crank telephones.
<...history will soon pass ... No details were given as to when
<the cutover will occur.
 
Perhaps it's another reason to hit on our media, Jeff, but the cutover
actually was reported as July 12 by wire services. It's possible that
in the 20 seconds video news gives each story, the "Today" reporter
even said so in rapid passing.

But, it gives pause to wonder if this "last one" really IS the last
one, seeing as the cutover of the Bryant Pond, ME magneto/local
battery exchange was so highly touted as the "last one" some five
years or more ago.

What it seems to be telling us is that the industry itself doesn't
even know that much about itself. Let's see what other "last one" is
yet to be discovered.