Identifier: belltelephonemag13amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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One of the Seventeen Revenue Accounting Centers in the Metropolitan Area,Where Some 1,432,000 Subscribers Bills Are Prepared Each Month
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Expert Installation and Maintenance Make Possible the Precision OperationOF Dial Equipment Twenty-four Hours of the Day THE TELEPHONE PROBLEM It is estimated that over half of the telephone calls in NewYork City and several other of the most populous localitiesin the Area either originate or terminate, or both, in theseP.B.X. boards. In Manhattan, about seventy-five per cent ofthe calls come within this category. Hence the service ren-dered at these boards has a very large part in determining thequality of the service generally. There are approximately35,000 attendants employed at such switchboards in the Area.In New York City they outnumber the central office operatorsby about three to one. The telephone companies seek, therefore, to cooperate to thefullest extent in the training of attendants employed wholly orin part for P.B.X. operating by the various concerns and institu-tions. They conduct six schools in the Area—in Manhattan,Brooklyn, the Bronx, Newark, Jersey City, and Pater

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