My wife's home was served by a two-party line in the late 1940s. The other
party was a nearby nosy neighbor. Her phone box was close to her bed, so
she could hear enough to recognize that a call was coming in to the other
party. That was a real aggravation.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> It was about 75 years ago that we were on a rural party line for
>> telephone
>> service. Talk about loss of
>> privacy.....................................................
>
> Or how about the fact that the telephone operator could listen in. :)
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