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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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rn types. This year, of the$97 million total in our central officeService Improvement program, $40 mil-lion are earmarked for replacing oldertypes of dial equipment. In 1965, of thetotal of $100 million earmarked for mod-ernization of central office equipment,$60 million are for replacing older typesof dial equipment. The miscellaneous expenditures in thisclassification include the mechanizationof clerical operations involving the pur-chase of electronic computers as well asprojects designed to improve plant op-erations. These expenditures are $100million in each year. The Service Improvement category in-cludes expenditures of $475 million in1964 and $490 million in 1965. These cap-ital expenditures would provide jobs for^6.000 people in 1964 and 58,000 peoplen 1965. As I have indicated, Service Improvc-runt expenditures can be tailored to aXKO commensurate with our earningihility. However, we must recognize thatsc cannot merely maintain the statusjuo in providing communications serv-
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ices. The program for service improve-ment is part of a long range plan to meetthe increasingly complex and changingneeds of the public. Expenditures for interstate service re-quirements are $875 million for 1964 and$950 million for 1965. Interstate Growthand Service Improvement expendituresaccount for roughly 90 per cent of theinterstate program for each of the years. Continuity of Service A very important consideration in ourcapital spending program involves plan-ning to assure continuity of service andsurvivability. This aspect of our plan-ning deals with emergency conditionsand disasters, such as hurricanes, floods,fires, earthquakes, snow and ice, andeven for war itself. A substantial part ofour construction program is designed toassure that communications will surviveunder the worst imaginable circumstances.The following are a few examples ofplanning by the Long Lines Departmentto ensure survivability of service to thepublic. Routes have been chosen to avoid targetareas. Since 1

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