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Originally Posted by spiderplant
If you think BT is bad, you don't remember Post Office Telephones. In the early 70s it took them two years to provide us with a line, which was shared with the house across the road (so sometimes you'd pick up the handset and hear them talking). IIRC installation cost £145 - that's £1300 in today's money.
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I remember the party lines well we shared one with our neighbour in 1973, it took a while for them to provide us with our own line ,but not quiet 2 years.
