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Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (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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ere sometimes are as many as 100vessels on the high seas which havecontact with our shore stations.However, the 20-odd passenger lin-ers plying the trans-Atlantic lanesprovide the bulk, of this telephonetraffic. Depending upon their locations,these vessels may establish connec-tions with the United States throughNew York, Miami, or San Fran- cisco. During the past year over20,000 conversations were carriedon between customers in the UnitedStates and others aboard ships onthe high seas. The operation of service to shipsat sea is similar to that to distantlands. However, it has the addedcomplication of a moving distant ter-minal. This requires that the routeand progress of the ships be knownat all times, so that when it is neces-sary to reach a particular one, thefrequencies and circuits most suitableto that ships location can be used. Reduced Rates When overseas service wasopened, a three-minute call between i6 Bell Telephone Magazine SPRING BELL SYSTEM OVERSEAS TELEPHONE SERVICE X9. \
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DIRECT CIRCUITS Service with Alaska is furnished over facilitiesof the U. S. Army Alaska Communications System,interconnected with Bell System facilities of Seattle. New York and London cost $75.Early in 1928, this rate was loweredto $45, the first of many reductionsmade possible by increased use ofthe service and economies from amultitude of improvements intro-duced in the past quarter century. Today, the week-day rate for a3-minute message from anywhere inthe United States to most overseaspoints is $12.00. Rates as low as$4.50 apply to some of the shorterroutes, and as much as $15.00 ispaid for conversations to a few ofthe more distant places reachedby switched connections. On manyroutes, reduced night and Sundayrates are in effect. About 60 percent of the total vol-ume of overseas traffic Involves pointsalong the northeastern seaboard ofthe United States. New York Statecustomers are the leading users ofthe service, and account for about40 percent of all the messages han- dled. Cali

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