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Uploaded by twcpa on Apr 13, 2008
Remember when you had to lease a phone from the phone company (I actually don't)? This store looks an aweful lot like today's cell phone stores.
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@ideahunter Those phones didn't need power, all they needed was the phone-line. They only needed to power the answering machines.
Morahman7vnNo2 9 months ago
@TheSanityInspector I've been researching this online today. Why do some people say it was an unnatural monopoly?
arch571332 1 year ago
@arch571332 Hee-hee...unless you're having me on, I should let you know that there *were* no other phone companies back then. Ma Bell was considered a natural monopoly, before the breakup.
TheSanityInspector 1 year ago
@TheSanityInspector Why didn't other phone companies just offer better phones? Isn't that how free market capitalism works?
They used Andy in another commercial during the corporate breakup, urging everyone to just relax.
TheSanityInspector 2 years ago
Why is there a cord on the handset? Is that how they got power to the phone?
ideahunter 2 years ago
They are so old!!! lol...
Beentakenaway123 3 years ago
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@ideahunter Those phones didn't need power, all they needed was the phone-line. They only needed to power the answering machines.
Morahman7vnNo2 9 months ago
@TheSanityInspector I've been researching this online today. Why do some people say it was an unnatural monopoly?
arch571332 1 year ago
@arch571332 Hee-hee...unless you're having me on, I should let you know that there *were* no other phone companies back then. Ma Bell was considered a natural monopoly, before the breakup.
TheSanityInspector 1 year ago
@TheSanityInspector Why didn't other phone companies just offer better phones? Isn't that how free market capitalism works?
arch571332 1 year ago
They used Andy in another commercial during the corporate breakup, urging everyone to just relax.
TheSanityInspector 2 years ago
Why is there a cord on the handset? Is that how they got power to the phone?
ideahunter 2 years ago
They are so old!!! lol...
Beentakenaway123 3 years ago