Comments on: Bell Ad: Good Neighbors (Jul, 1936)

By: bilbo

bilbo — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:23:48 +0000

I actually went to the local telephone office awhile back to inquire about a regular landline phone and the office was filled to the brink with unnecessary employees and I seem to have caught them off guard. They ended up giving me a huge stack of forms to take home and fill out (about 15 pages) to “apply” for a phone even though I had a phone in the previous town I lived in for 30 years. I took a look at the papers and gave up. I still don’t have a phone. And I live in a small town of 2400.

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By: nlpnt

nlpnt — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:28:57 +0000

Probably just a choice between a wall or a desk phone.

And yes, for a cellphone, they have desks at the *one* storefront cellphone store I’ve been in. Mall kiosks are MUCH more common though!

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 05:55:13 +0000

I like her blouse. I keep wondering if the ruffles actually rotate, mesmerizing customers and leading them to buy services they don’t need.

Then again at this date how many services did the phone company actually have?

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:41:26 +0000

I especially like the “Miss Brown” nameplate.

By: Casandro

Casandro — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:38:10 +0000

Well in 2002 I inquired how much an X.25 connection would cost, so I walked to the local telephone office. I was offered coffee and talked to a clerk.

By: Blurgle

Blurgle — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:31:47 +0000

To set up service with a cellphone, you have to go in person because they have to see your picture ID. Although you don’t go to the phone company per se; you go to the local cellphone store and they negotiate your contract with whatever carrier you choose.

Of course, this is Alberta, where everything but health care is privatized. You don’t even go to the DMV any more. To get a driver’s license, you go to the private registry office.