Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed for December 13, 2019

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    Ravenswing  about 5 years ago

    Better than paying rent to AT&T for the phone. Which, at the time of the strip and for several years thereafter, my grandmother was still doing.

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    Yontrop  about 5 years ago

    Some of our younger readers may have to look up what an “extension phone” is. By the way after Ma Bell couldn’t forbid you to do it, a lot of people leaned how easy it was to install your own extension. Then you could buy the phone for about what six months rent cost.

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    JamieLee Premium Member about 5 years ago

    Now the cable company lets you rent a modem for your internet service. They learned from the phone company.

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    Sisyphos  about 5 years ago

    Well, monopoly has its efficiencies, Opus. Enjoy your wait….

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    PuppyPapa  about 5 years ago

    Cell phone service today is incomprehensibly better than old landline phones, in both cost and service provided. Anybody remember dialing the operator and asking to place a long-distance call? Ten minutes from one coast to another would probably cost the $30 I pay now for unlimited talk/text service (AND data, tho’ that’s limited) — and $30 THEN was a helluva lot more money than it is now!

    And ya know the most remarkable thing about cell phone service? I think it happened with almost NO government involvement.

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