Lineman's handset for testing local loops - no long distance. Known in the business as a "butt set".
Dan On Jun 5, 2012, at 8:36 PM, "Jerry Herrman" <jer...@san.rr.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________ 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
