The protector shown in reply #34 is much like the one in the basement of the rental house I'm living in. The house was built in 1938, and I think it's original. It is no longer connected, as the former owner had to have new phone wiring installed when she got the ADT security system.
My own house (being renovated still) was built in 1952, and I remember a rectangular metal box about 3" square and 8" long on the side of the house. The phone man told me it was the protector. Later it was replaced by a plastic box serving the same purpose.
The immediate area I live in is served by Frontier Communications (the former Rochester, NY Telco). They purchased this area from Verizon, which had previously been a GTE area. The service is very good, and has been since Verizon was in charge. When it was GTE, the service was bad, with numerous outages and problems.
Most of the Cincinnati area is served by Cincinnati Bell. They have installed fiber optic lines in many areas, especially where many businesses are located. At one of the central offices near the library I vistit, they store about 15 or so trailer mounted Cummins diesel gen sets. They send them out to remote locations in event of a power outage. All their central offices have permanant gen sets in place. During Hurricane Ike in 2009 (yes, a hurricane in Ohio), nearly 90% of Cincinnati area residents lost power, but phone service was still working for most. My phone was only out for about 15 mins. though power was off 2.5 days.
My cousin Linda lives in Seminary, MS (Hattiesburg area), and when Hurricane Katrina hit she never lost Bellsouth phone service. She said her power was out for nearly 3 weeks, and no cell phone service either. That area has all phone lines underground.
The phone I use most is a WE 2500 in beige. It has a date on the bottom, and I think it's from 1986. I also have a WE 2554 wall phone not currently in use, and a Comdial 2830, which is for a 1A2 key system. I'm going to modify it to work on a single line service.
My own house (being renovated still) was built in 1952, and I remember a rectangular metal box about 3" square and 8" long on the side of the house. The phone man told me it was the protector. Later it was replaced by a plastic box serving the same purpose.
The immediate area I live in is served by Frontier Communications (the former Rochester, NY Telco). They purchased this area from Verizon, which had previously been a GTE area. The service is very good, and has been since Verizon was in charge. When it was GTE, the service was bad, with numerous outages and problems.
Most of the Cincinnati area is served by Cincinnati Bell. They have installed fiber optic lines in many areas, especially where many businesses are located. At one of the central offices near the library I vistit, they store about 15 or so trailer mounted Cummins diesel gen sets. They send them out to remote locations in event of a power outage. All their central offices have permanant gen sets in place. During Hurricane Ike in 2009 (yes, a hurricane in Ohio), nearly 90% of Cincinnati area residents lost power, but phone service was still working for most. My phone was only out for about 15 mins. though power was off 2.5 days.
My cousin Linda lives in Seminary, MS (Hattiesburg area), and when Hurricane Katrina hit she never lost Bellsouth phone service. She said her power was out for nearly 3 weeks, and no cell phone service either. That area has all phone lines underground.
The phone I use most is a WE 2500 in beige. It has a date on the bottom, and I think it's from 1986. I also have a WE 2554 wall phone not currently in use, and a Comdial 2830, which is for a 1A2 key system. I'm going to modify it to work on a single line service.
