Ah! do you remember when? by Faemike55
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With all the cell phones and VOIP it is strange to see a landline phone sign
the company that put this sign up went out so many decades ago, I can't even remember when the changeover happened.
I don't even think that General Telephone Company is still in business....
Comments (64)
LOl!! I don't even remember the changeover ether, Great Capture Mike.
lol...you know there is not one payphone within 10 miles of my house!! Cool shot Mike!
wild sign. old and rusting away.. cool shot my friend.
I've found one remaining pay phone in my county.. about 35 miles from here... it isn't in service, just standing there like a hulking skeleton of some long dead dinosaur. outstanding capture Mike..
the phone lines up by the cabin are burried too - kinda funny when you think how the earth moves, why would you want to put the lines under ground? ... I know, gas and sewage are underground too = lol
hahahaha kool one
LOL!! The notice is upside down. The updated phone sevices have come a long way.. Great find and outstanding capture Mike.
Actually, there is still cabling in the ground so I still wouldn't dig there because you don't know if it's live or dead. There are still people with plain old telephone service (analog) but yes, pay phones seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur as Barry noted. Not necessarily a good thing if you don't have a cell-phone or VOIP. They merged with Bell Atlantic. I used to map telephone equipment - why I know.
Fascinating Mike...I did a little sleuthing and I think General Telephone disappeared in 1959 when it merged with Sylvania and became GTE...so you made an old find here for sure.
You would be in a serious world of hurt up here if you wanted to rely on cell phone service. Most people still have landline phones, the cell service is soooooooo sporadic you can go days before finding an area that your cell phone would work. Great capture of this old sign.
You really must've been on a back road to find this one, Mike! But land lines aren't entirely dead. My wife and in only had our disconnected this past week.
is this by chance taken in australia?
:) great capture my friend :) Hugs!!!
a really old sign, sort of miss those days myself where people are more dependant to other people than computers like today.
it's like everything else mike upside down, over, sideways amd down by the group that became led zeppilen! awesome photo capture, man!:)*5
This is a true sign of the times.
I would bet if one was to break the line someone would be very upset
:):) This is COOL mike.
Cool image that made me think back Mike
And the world turned upside down. Quite a find Mike. I still have my landline but use Magic Jack for long distance. Finally got a cell phone last September but never use it. Someday they'll drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
When I was working during my summers off from school 100 years ago lol:::I worked for Bell & Howell and my maiden name was Howell"(in canada) I don't know what the heck it has to do with anything this just brought me back in time :: love this it's a unique find !~
a rare find,lol,and i was never good in mapping telephones as i had phones and voip. i mostly do my communication via email i get too nervous on the phone so nobody shall expect me to install skype or the like, only for chatting but not for speaking.
What a cool shot! Oh for the good old days when leaving home meant getting AWAY from the phone calls LOL.
A blast from the past Mike. At 68, I don't remember them either. Dana
Amazing shot Mike, excellently done!
Super old find Mike.
well seen *smile
Nice find mate.
Lol thats a classic superb capture !!
Great capture Mike, is that an Australian sign?!!