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From: pf@islington-terrace.csc.ti.com (Paul Fuqua)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Types of Service
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Date: 11 Aug 89 19:48:44 GMT
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     I'm moving from one apartment to another this weekend, and called
my friendly Southwestern Bell office to arrange for the phone service to
be moved.  The amusing thing was that the representative offered me my
choice of three basic services:  unlimited, "economy" (charge-per-call
over 25 calls), or two-party (!).
     This is within the Dallas city limits (although only by 100 yards),
and I was and am surprised that two-party service is still offered, much
less in an apartment built only three years ago.  Are there other major
cities still offering party-line service?
     Here's another question:  how come the electric company can switch
my service for only $7, while the phone company charges $60?  Since all
the wiring is in place, about all that's involved is a billing change.

Paul Fuqua                     pf@csc.ti.com
                               {smu,texsun,cs.utexas.edu,rice}!ti-csl!pf
Texas Instruments Computer Science Center
PO Box 655474 MS 238, Dallas, Texas 75265