Keystone [was Re: [telecom] History "Postal Telegraph"

Mar 07, 2020 0 Replies



> As an aside, there was another telephone company, Keystone
> Telephone, that competed directly with the Bell System in a
> few places.

AFAIK, only Philadelphia



I remember seeing signs in the '40s - '50's for 'Bell Booths' and also Keystone booths.


They too fell onto hard times and were merged into the Bell System.
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There was something murky about their demise into the belly of the Bell whale; I've never been able to get to the bottom of it.


---- Julian Thomas -

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