[VoIP] New member

Chad Perkins chad at maine.edu
Tue Aug 21 12:56:52 CDT 2007


Does any know if Shelter Island Telephone Company (SITCO) has a 
web address ?

Chad

On 18 Aug 2007 at 11:39, info at sibta.com wrote:
> Thank you, John, for your very...umm...nice...remarks, and Ahoy to you
> all:
> 
> As a way of introducing myself, I have 30 years' service with Ma Bell,
> "15 years on HOLD" ( telephone man's inside joke). I am retired and
> run my own little telephone installation and repair business, "Dial
> Tone Search & Rescue."
> 
> I worked in the Manhattan Avenue (NYC) district as a repairman,
> installer, powerman, frameman, switchman (701 PBX, Crossbar PBX and
> Dimension 400/2000 PBX), toll-fraud investigator - during the time it
> took me to recuperate from a fall from an icy fire escape in Harlem -
> and fire alarm inspector, following the 2nd Avenue fire that prompted
> the Company to protect its buildings, albeit after the fact.  I worked
> on the Mt. Sinai Hospital Centrex 701 (Strowger) that was the last
> large such machine. It had 8,000 extensions, several hundred DID and
> OG trunks, and had one of the biggest 1A2 systems behind it, with over
> 12,000 key telephones.
> 
> I have approximately 18,734 NYC telephonic war stories which I am
> always eager to share with anyone who can't escape the room I'm in.
> 
> A a member of ATCA, I have a large collection of WE phones from the
> 50's, 60's and 70's. Many of then are pink. It's my way of staying in
> touch with my feminine side. (I also have lots of blue ones, too)  I
> have several WE manual switchboards which will be interconnected with
> CNET.
> 
> I have joined the List and have reserved two office codes.  Mr. Lee
> Spenadel, an old friend from the NYC era, has generously offered all
> the equipment and expertise necessary to get me on the CNET right
> away. I am practically wetting myself in anticipation  Just
> think...FREE long distance calls!!!  To people I don't know!!!
> 
> On a personal note, and to give balance to any opinions formed about
> me, I am also the Chief of Safety & Security, Rodent Mitigation
> Officer, and Chef de Cuisine, of the SIBTA.
> 
> www.SIBTA.com
> 
> Explained in this New Yorker magazine article:
> 
> http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/22/060522ta_talk_collins2
> 
> Warmest Regards, and Drive Safely,
> 
> Arthur
> 
> 631-749-0100  Voice
> 866-749-0100  Toll-free
> 631-749-2150  Facsimile
> 631-749-1212  Home number  - protected by TDMF ®
> 
> (Teen-aged Daughter Message Forgetfulness system)
> 
> 
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