In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
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On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

A lot of subscriners got a shock when the first bills arrived
after the exchange was moved to STD as, if their wives spent
all day yacking on the phone to their mates for twopence a
call, the bills sky-rocketed!

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On 06/04/2019 14:36, Terry Casey wrote:
In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

I didn't realise that. What about phone boxes where you put in 4d and
pressed button A?

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On 06/04/2019 14:36, Terry Casey wrote:
In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

A lot of subscriners got a shock when the first bills arrived
after the exchange was moved to STD as, if their wives spent
all day yacking on the phone to their mates for twopence a
call, the bills sky-rocketed!


My parents got a bit of a shock after the Falklands War.

Me and a few friends called random numbers in Argentina and sang Rule
Britannia down the phone when they answered.

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Adam

In article
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 14:36, Terry Casey wrote:
In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

I didn't realise that. What about phone boxes where you put in 4d and
pressed button A?

The same - unlimiteted time, at least until someone started
hammering on the door because they got fed up waiting for you
to finish!

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"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:
wrote
Max Demian wrote

Where's the socket where I can plug my telephone in?

In those days, put the phone in the freezing draughty
hall If it's too cold to talk long that'll keep the bill small

Surely you lot didnt always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Interesting and shows up google pretty badly, unusually.

"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

A lot of subscriners got a shock when the first bills arrived
after the exchange was moved to STD as, if their wives spent
all day yacking on the phone to their mates for twopence a
call, the bills sky-rocketed!

On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

In our house it was simply that the standard Post-Office install seemed
to be to string a line from the nearest telegraph pole to the corner of
the house (support bracket designed for corner mounting or fastened
directly to the bracket supporting the lowest ridge tile on the hipped
roof), run it down the wall and drill a hole for it to pass through the
door-frame (or in our case, the window frame next to it) to the junction
box. The phone then sat close by the junction box. In our case, that
meant the phone actually sat on the cupboard that the electricity meter
and fusebox was in and the stairs provided a perfect place to sit if you
were on a long call.

I still remember sitting on the stairs (I would have been about 4) with
my mother and her telling me stories, as the P.O. man was up the pole
outside and the phone ringing for the first time as he tested it.

SteveW

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On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

In our house it was simply that the standard Post-Office install seemed to
be to string a line from the nearest telegraph pole to the corner of the
house (support bracket designed for corner mounting or fastened directly
to the bracket supporting the lowest ridge tile on the hipped roof), run
it down the wall and drill a hole for it to pass through the door-frame
(or in our case, the window frame next to it) to the junction box. The
phone then sat close by the junction box. In our case, that meant the
phone actually sat on the cupboard that the electricity meter and fusebox
was in and the stairs provided a perfect place to sit if you were on a
long call.

I still remember sitting on the stairs (I would have been about 4) with my
mother and her telling me stories, as the P.O. man was up the pole outside
and the phone ringing for the first time as he tested it.

Quite a few of ours were on a small table/seat thing that you could sit on.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/08...g?v=1508582874

Cant actually remember where the phone was in the first house
I can remember living in at around 4.

On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

That was a 'joke'. You wouldn't want the sole phone in the living room
with the telly on, would you? If you could afford it, you could have
phone extensions in the lounge and 'master' [1] bedroom. In the 'olden
days' phones were permanently wired into Bakelite boxes, so no chance to
use an extension cable.

[1] I think only estate/letting agents use that term.

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On 07/04/2019 09:36, Max Demian wrote:
On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
...
In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

That was a 'joke'. You wouldn't want the sole phone in the living room
with the telly on, would you? If you could afford it, you could have
phone extensions in the lounge and 'master' [1] bedroom. In the 'olden
days' phones were permanently wired into Bakelite boxes, so no chance to
use an extension cable.

[1] I think only estate/letting agents use that term.


And some architects.

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Adam

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 10:32:06 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:



So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

You don't give up easily when you want attention at any price, eh, you
****ed up senile Ozzie troll? BG

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Bod addressing abnormal senile quarreller Rot:
"Do you practice arguing with yourself in an empty room?"
MID:

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 11:17:04 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Cant actually remember where the phone was in the first house

Please, TRY to remember, senile asshole, it's of the utmost importance that
everyone knows, you useless 85-year-old piece of ****! BG

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about senile Rot Speed:
"This is like having a conversation with someone with brain damage."
MID:

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:56:10 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:


Interesting and shows up google pretty badly, unusually.

Thanks for your valuable comment, you ****ed up lonely senile Ozzie troll!
BG

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about senile Rot Speed:
"This is like having a conversation with someone with brain damage."
MID:

"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
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In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

That was a 'joke'.

You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag.

You wouldn't want the sole phone in the living room with the telly on,
would you?

Yeah, much better in the outhouse out the back.

Most of ours, with just one phone, have it in the kitchen.

If you could afford it, you could have phone extensions in the lounge and
'master' [1] bedroom. In the 'olden days' phones were permanently wired
into Bakelite boxes, so no chance to use an extension cable.

[1] I think only estate/letting agents use that term.

You're wrong, as always.

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 20:03:16 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rot Speed,
the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

FLUSH the subnormal 85-year-old cretin's latest troll****

....and much better air in here again!

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"This is just a hunch, but I'm betting you're kinda an argumentative
asshole.
MID:

On Sun, 7 Apr 2019 09:45:54 +0100, ARW wrote:

On 07/04/2019 09:36, Max Demian wrote:
On 07/04/2019 01:32, Rod Speed wrote:


"Terry Casey" wrote in message
...
In article 1aSdnbiG8LK_
,
says...

On 06/04/2019 05:09, Rod Speed wrote:

Surely you lot didn?t always have timed local calls ?

Yes. I remember 1p/minute off-peak and 5p/minute peak.

Before the introduction of STD, all local calls were untimed.

So that has blown up his line that the phone was installed
in the hall to minimise the time spend on a call.

That was a 'joke'. You wouldn't want the sole phone in the living room
with the telly on, would you? If you could afford it, you could have
phone extensions in the lounge and 'master' [1] bedroom. In the 'olden
days' phones were permanently wired into Bakelite boxes, so no chance to
use an extension cable.

[1] I think only estate/letting agents use that term.


And some architects.

And Phil and Kirstie.

On Fri, 05 Apr 2019 15:52:04 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
The Other Mike wrote:
In the electricity industry (both National Grid and the Distribution
Network Operators) they were commonly used for powering BT Kilostream X
(64kbps) line drivers on sites where there was a risk of a rise of earth
potential (during an HV fault) and where connection to the exchange was
over copper. Probably last used in the mid to late 1990's

They were also used on PABX installations on the same at risk sites.

Right. So is FCU the correct name for it?

No idea, I simply saw them in situ, they resemble a normal FCU in some respects
but as for what they were actually called then it's a question to be asked of
someone from Crabtree or BT.
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