Qapla
Veteran Member
When we first moved here (my parents bought the place in 1960 - now it belongs to my Brother and me) we could only get a party line. At that time we started with an 8 party line but within months the "new" 4 party line became available.
I got my own phone in 1970 - when 2 party lines were then available. I was one party and my parents were the other party. That gave us a private line. Not long after that, due to his job, my Brother HAD to get a private line and the phone company installed the first private line in our area.
In the mid-70's they discontinued the four party lines and a couple years later they ended the two party lines when they added "touch tone" to the system.
For the next several years the my phone (the one in my room since we no longer had party lines) was TT - it wasn't until after I was married and gone before my parent finally got a TT phone to replace the rotary dial - and this was because the phone company took back "their" phones and told us we needed to buy our own phone.
Now - we don't even have a "home phone" since we all have cell phones.
I got my own phone in 1970 - when 2 party lines were then available. I was one party and my parents were the other party. That gave us a private line. Not long after that, due to his job, my Brother HAD to get a private line and the phone company installed the first private line in our area.
In the mid-70's they discontinued the four party lines and a couple years later they ended the two party lines when they added "touch tone" to the system.
For the next several years the my phone (the one in my room since we no longer had party lines) was TT - it wasn't until after I was married and gone before my parent finally got a TT phone to replace the rotary dial - and this was because the phone company took back "their" phones and told us we needed to buy our own phone.
Now - we don't even have a "home phone" since we all have cell phones.