That's what made it so much fun Ed, the independents had their own numbering system, and they couldn't cross reference anything. We had many circuits that went Lec, independent back to lec, ya thinks it wasn't fun trying to get something fixed when the trouble was between the independent and the lec? That's the kinda of stuff I put up with my last 17 years. After all that you had to tell them how to fix their trouble!..Good ol days, NOT.


Retired phone dude