Jeff:
Temporary hijack:
Teltronics had a subsidiary in a joint-venture with Brand/Rex Cable that specialized in replacement telco hardware, like 1A2 line cards, pay phone internal components and protected interface devices prior to the divestiture of AT&T.
Since AT&T (WECO) knew the divestiture was coming and GTE (AE) wasn't far behind them, they both scaled back on a lot of their original factory manufacturing. Once divestiture was complete, their operating telcos would no longer be obligated to purchase their hardware. Since WE and AE would be alone and on their own, they didn't want to get stuck with too much inventory. They elected to focus on the manufacture of products that they could sell to the general public, like cable and jacks.
Companies like Brand/Rex-Teltronics, Melco, Tone Commander, Precision Components and Teltone picked up on this and made a few bucks in the process, though short-lived.
