Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: jimmy@icjapan.uucp (Jim Gottlieb) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: "Dial-It Service" Makes its Debut in 1932 Message-ID:Date: 28 Sep 89 09:35:49 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Reply-To: Jim Gottlieb Organization: Info Connections, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Lines: 25 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 417, message 3 of 9 In article kitty!larry@uunet.uu.net (Larry Lippman) writes: > However, once upon a time, a live operator did in fact create >time-of-day announcements on a demand basis. In fact, I heard a manual time number as late as about 1972. It was in Durango, Colorado, but it wasn't as complicated as Larry Lippman described. When I dialed the number listed for time-of-day, I was shocked when I heard a woman answer the phone and say "The time is 7:32." I said, "Thank You." She said "Your Welcome." and that was that. I tried it several more times during my visit and found that the level of politeness naturally varied according to current load. At busy times, all one heard was " (Supervision) 6:18 (Disconnect) " When I returned to Durango a few years later, I received a mechanical version. Now it _is_ possible that what I heard was just a temporary condition while their time machine was "in the shop." Jim Gottlieb (remote from Tokyo) _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ or or Fax: 011-81-3-239-7453 Voice Mail: 011-81-3-944-6221 ID#82-42-424