Ma Bell had some ill ill communication. Those were the days, when the real paperclip payphone trick still worked. I'm not even sure pay-phones still exist in th

Ma Bell had some ill ill communication. Those were the days, when the real paperclip payphone trick still worked. I'm not even sure pay-phones still exist in the Western world unless they're Tardises. Btw, here's a video from her vault about an actual cutover done in 45 seconds with a few dozen folks with big garden cutters: https://youtu.be/saRir95iIWk https://youtu.be/saRir95iIWk PS: I'm so old, I remember the days of operators, telephone books and fingers doing the walking. :) Speaking of old meets new, I recently used an antique rotary phone that's built into a brass end-table to diagnose an Xfinity VOIP call issue. It still works.