Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 5 Apr 91 00:10 EST From: Nigel Allen Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Return to the Land of Selective Ringing Message-ID: Organization: Contact Public Unix BBS. Toronto, Canada. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 274, Message 7 of 8 Lines: 24 A further note about party lines: Bell Canada offers two-party service within urban areas for somewhat less Bell Canada offers two-party residential service within urban areas for somewhat less than regular service. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requires Bell Canada to offer two-party service as a lower-priced alternative. Anybody can get it, unlike lifeline service in some U.S. states, which is only available to specific low-income groups. However, I suspect many people would quickly get frustrated with having to share a party line with someone else. (A footnote: A while ago, someone in Toronto was running a rather juvenile BBS that he called "The Party Line". I use a different password on each BBS I call, and I try to link it in some way to the name of the BBS. So for a password on "The Party Line", I chose the acronym of the Party of Labor of Albania. I doubt that the sysop recognized it.) Nigel Allen ndallen@contact.uucp