C&P Telephone - Operator talks Long Distance Rates - 1970's

C&P Telephone - Operator talks Long Distance Rates - 1970's

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