Talk:Telephone switchboard

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[edit] Too Americanised

This page speaks repeatedly of cities, as if no one lived anywhere else. This is untrue, and seems over-Americanised. (In other English-speaking countries "city" normally means "very large town").--APW 14:10, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

It's talking about the early 20th century, when most manually telephone calls served urban business customers, rather than connecting places where someone lived. So yes, a bit of informed discourse upon rural and suburban switchboards around the world would be welcome. Jim.henderson 15:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, it's not so much an American bias as an urban one, and stems in part from Bell System custom, which comes in turn from the scarcity of Bell System operations in small towns and rural areas. I have toned it down a little, and may get around to widening the scope some more. Jim.henderson 15:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)