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The Second World war took place in a different era than the first....in 1918, almost no one outside of metro areas had telephone service...By 1945 almost everyone did, even if it was a party line. Calls were "rationed" in this fashion.
 
saddlebum66 said:
The Second World war took place in a different era than the first....in 1918, almost no one outside of metro areas had telephone service...By 1945 almost everyone did, even if it was a party line. Calls were "rationed" in this fashion.
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Yes, laying thousands of miles of cables, one pair per active call, was quite an efford.

I was reviewing some old magazines and that was most of the messages. "please try to leave services available now, we promise we have lots of improvements ready for when the war is over"

I can imagine most companies having the money and the tech but lacking the resources. Frustrating...
 
Goattobeloved said:
Yes, laying thousands of miles of cables, one pair per active call, was quite an efford.

I was reviewing some old magazines and that was most of the messages. "please try to leave services available now, we promise we have lots of improvements ready for when the war is over"

I can imagine most companies having the money and the tech but lacking the resources. Frustrating...
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For a few years post war there were phone companies in hard to get to places that used GI tech, like the EE-8 FIELD Telephone as the basis of their equipment. The wire was triple coated and could be laid on the ground and even across roads. They were selfpowered by static....I had one, years ago. My little brother sold it to a catfisherman....dangle wires from each end of your boat....turn the crank, and stunned fish floated up to the surface.
 
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