On 6/5/2012 8:54 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
Lineman's handset for testing local loops - no long distance. Known
in the business as a "butt set".
Dan
I found one of those on the roadside 20 odd years ago. Most of
today's people under 30 would not have a clue how to use it. Most
of them have never seen a dial phone, and don't know how to use one.
When I had land lines, I found it very handy for checking phone
wiring. Whenever the phone quit, before I called the bell offspring
(whatever the name that year) I would go out to the telly service
entrance box, hook up the handset and see if I could call out.
Almost all the time it was outside.
Never figured out how to make "free" calls. Once I did find out the
number to call for a "loopback" call.
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