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I think that type of phone was everywhere because the national telecom provider (PTT at the time) handed them out with a subscription plan? I remember seeing "p
by t0mas88 2y ago
I think that type of phone was everywhere because the national telecom provider (PTT at the time) handed them out with a subscription plan? I remember seeing "property of PTT" stickers on them.
- bzzzt 2y agoThose were not handed out, you paid 1,50 guilders per month to rent them. Also, you didn't have a lot of choice: until the end of the 80s it was officially forbidden to connect any non-PTT sanctioned telephone to your line.
- b112 2y agoSame in Canada! There was a big fight over this, when people stared using consumer modems on things such as the Vic-20 and C-64 in the late 70s. I still remember how painful 300 or 110 baud was to type on. (Sometimes 110 was all I could connect at)