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From: berger@iboga.stat.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger)
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Subject: Re: Two Line Turnbutton Phones
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Date: 5 Dec 90 22:29:20 GMT
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>[Moderator's Note: No. I wish I was ... but the two-line, one-button
>phones were specifically *not* for sale during divestiture. They were
>then categorized as PBX equipment even though they were frequently

Illinois Bell was willing to sell me mine - a wall model - for $ 55.


	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
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[Moderator's Note: At the time of divestiture, although Illinois Bell
was selling some phones, they told me the two-line turnbutton phones
were being 'taken over' by AT&T for some reason. AT&T has been sending
me the bill ever since. The funny thing is, about three months into
divestiture, I had to have it repaired. We were still being told to
call 'repair service' at the time for phone repairs. A guy came over
from the IBT stockroom at 1212 Carmen St. (the Edgewater CO) and
brought me a reconditioned phone. I asked him how come, since it was
supposedly AT&T now ... he said they had not yet completed the
transfer of inventory ... and that he worked for AT&T but was still
physically located in an IBT building.   PAT]