[VoIP] A couple of newCNET numbers

[Ian Jolly]

The service was first introduced in late 1959 covering the South Lancashire 
area between Liverpool and Manchester using two VHF transmitters - it wasn't 
until 1983 that 'direct dialling' to the vehicles became possible - all call 
previously were connected via the operator.

There is a brief history of the Radiophone service (through the eyes of one 
of the equipment suppliers so sets show are only theirs!) at 
http://www.storno.co.uk/radiophone.htm

The area code for the South Lancs Radiphone Service was (0)037 which is the 
code on CNET that I use for folk who host their PC/laptop softphones off my 
Asterisk !!

I can just remember the service starting as I had just started my service 
with the British Post Office Telephones Engineering Department - to think 
that is virtually 48 years ago !! How things have changes.

Ian Jolly (on my hilltop in North Wales looking out over South Lancashire!! 
:-)

+44 (0)  352      82 26 (via a 1929 GPO Rural Automatic eXchange!) from 
CNET - the Heritage Telephone Network
+44 (0)1352 83 82 26 (via a 1929 GPO Rural Automatic eXchange!) from  Public 
Telephone Network
FWD Telephone No  83 2230


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Froula" <dfroula at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Ian Jolly" <ian at uax.org.uk>; "Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches" 
<voip at ckts.info>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: [VoIP] A couple of newCNET numbers


> Very nice!
>
> Did the UK have the MTS (Manual Telephone Service)
> followed by the IMTS (Improved Mobile Phone Service)
> system, as in the US? Wikipedia has good articles on
> both these.
>
> I have an old Motorola MTS control head and
> transciver. It used several pairs of VHF frequencies.
> One hunted for a free channel by listening and
> punching the channel buttons one by one. IMTS added an
> "idle" tone that made channel selection automatic.
>
> The phone number was set by jumpers in the transceiver
> (or a set of thumbwheels on the dash) ;-).
>
> Thanks for putting these up.
>
> Don
>
> --- Ian Jolly <ian at uax.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> Spon Green  +44  (0) 244-52 2233 -  The UK's First
>> Subscriber Trunk Dialled telephone call - December
>> 1958
>>
>> South Lancashire Radiophone Service  +44(0)037 2100
>>  - The Introduction of the South Lancashire
>> Radiophone Service 11th December 1959 !!   Carphones
>> are nothing new !!
>>
>> Thanks to new member, Peter Duffield, for the audio
>> files.
>>
>> Ian J.
>> +44 (0)  352      82 26 (via a 1929 GPO Rural
>> Automatic eXchange!) from CNET - the Heritage
>> Telephone Network
>> +44 (0)1352 83 82 26 (via a 1929 GPO Rural Automatic
>> eXchange!) from  Public Telephone Network
>> FWD Telephone No  83 2230
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