RLE wrote: "Almost always. Highest voltage is at the top (single uninsulated conductor) feeding the transformers, next is transformer output serving the power drops to the subscribers. Next is telephone and TV is on the bottom. The poles (NOT telephone poles but utility poles) are owned by the power company and the dial tone and TV cable companies pay a fee for every pole they hit."
This is interesting. Were they at one time real "telephone poles", owned and operated by the telephone company? If so, would this have been the old familiar Bell System of 30 plus years ago? Or did I have it wrong all these years and the power company owned the poles? If so, how did the name "telephone pole" originate? There always seems to be subscriber on this list who knows the answer to these obscure questions. As a kid (and later) I remember the phone guy climbing up the pole with his equipment on a belt and near the top placing a leather strap like a large belt around the pole so he could lean back and do his job. He always had a red phone dangling from his tool belt that I understood allowed him to call anywhere with no long distance fees. Sometimes he'd be up there for a long time on the phone. Thinking about it now, I'll bet he was calling his girlfriend. Jerry 82 240D __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 7198 (20120605) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com