[hanamizu]

“I also remember when Bell quit charging for extra extensions...”

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Extension phones were real luxury items back in the day. My dad, who learned electronics in the Army Air Force wired and installed an ‘unauthorized’ extension phone, but had to modify it so that the phone company couldn’t detect it.

People today forget or never knew how expensive phone service used to be. A common way to get around the charges was to call yourself person-to-person collect to let your parents know that you made it safely to college or wherever.

[cyclotic]

Our first “illegal” extension was an old 1940’s era phone my brother trashpicked.

[Albion Wilde]

A common way to get around the charges was to call yourself person-to-person collect to let your parents know that you made it safely to college or wherever.

LOL, I remember that!