C&P Telephone - Operator talks Long Distance Rates - 1970's
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A telephone operator explains how long distance rates actually go up Sunday at 5 pm and that people (instead of waiting until Sunday night to call) should place their calls all day Saturday and Sunday until 5pm.
From a 16mm print
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This has the post-1969 Bell System logo.
This commercial comes from West Virginia so this is actually C&P Telephone of West Virginia.
More C&P commercials to come.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, was a d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
Three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC)
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia
One company is owned by Frontier Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia
A telephone operator explains how long distance rates actually go up Sunday at 5 pm and that people (instead of waiting until Sunday night to call) should place their calls all day Saturday and Sunday until 5pm.
From a 16mm print
Follow us on Twitter @FromFilm
This has the post-1969 Bell System logo.
This commercial comes from West Virginia so this is actually C&P Telephone of West Virginia.
More C&P commercials to come.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, was a d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia.
Three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC)
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Virginia
One company is owned by Frontier Communications:
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of West Virginia
Transcription
the eating made it from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. most people think it's like from 7:00 to 9:00 or it starts at 9:00 or something like that they don't know it starts as early as 5:00 p.m. another thing that people don't know the weekend rates after 5:00 p.m. Sunday the rates go up I know a lot of people wait until Sunday night to make the long-distance call and it's more expensive they should call all day Saturday and up until 5:00 p.m. Sunday if they want the weekend great it's really a considerable savings
Sources
- YouTube channel: In16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
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