All the fees were kind of B.S. especially as technology made providing the switching, call-forwarding and caller ID ring services easier and cheaper to provide.

All the fees were kind of B.S. especially as technology made providing the switching, call-forwarding and caller ID ring services easier and cheaper to provide. Besides, remember that they used to charge _rent_ for your phone and wouldn't allow 3rd party phones at all until the late 60's or so.