There used to be one phone box out of a group or four, outside Prince Alfred Hospital that was "fixed" enabling long distance calls to be connected at local call rate - The Queue of Nurses wanting to ring their folks at home in their country towns of origin was incredible -
Radar said
04:41 PM Dec 5, 2018
Hi Paul
Quite a giggle there but so true.
We have come along way with communication, like I am writting this message in Austria and you will read it instantly I hit the Post button.
Amazing really. Ralph.
LLD said
06:25 PM Dec 5, 2018
Possum3 wrote:
There used to be one phone box out of a group or four, outside Prince Alfred Hospital that was "fixed" enabling long distance calls to be connected at local call rate - The Queue of Nurses wanting to ring their folks at home in their country towns of origin was incredible -
Came across one in Blackall in Central Queensland that did the same this. Used it for several days. Never reported it
LLD said
06:31 PM Dec 5, 2018
We used have the public "Red" phones that you put coins in scattered all about the factory where I worked. The connection for many of them was just on the wall behind the phone. The workers (mostly immigrants) figured out just taking a phone from an office (which was barred from making other than local calls) and plugging it into the "Red" phone socket they could make unlimited interstate and international calls without any charge. It took quite a while for Telstra to realise that the money in the phone was way, way less than the value of the calls made.
The Belmont Bear said
08:43 PM Dec 5, 2018
In the late 70s we lived in Karratha and to stay in touch with the family back home in Newcastle we would have to take $20 or $30 in 20c coins down to the local phone box. We were lucky to get 20 minutes before our coins ran out and that was a lot of money back in those days. This time last year to make a call between Oman and Australia they charged both the caller and the recever $3.80/min no wonder everyone used programs such as facebook messenger to make cheap video calls - just needed to have access to the internet and some data.
Cheers
BB
LLD said
09:09 PM Dec 5, 2018
I worked for a company in mid-70s that had staff in Macquarie Island. Calls had to be pre-arranged and it cost a small fortune. Now I think its satellite and cheap as chips.
Blues Man said
08:50 AM Dec 6, 2018
Loved them AP ,they are all so true .A sign of the times..
Cheers.
Ron-D said
09:26 AM Dec 6, 2018
Very amusing Paul and so true,but I will bet you have one
aussie_paul said
12:48 PM Dec 6, 2018
Ron-D wrote:
Very amusing Paul and so true,but I will bet you have one
Yes, and like my Ipad and laptop almost grafted at the hip!!!! Almost caused and probably saved me from insanity after my accident.
Aussie Paul.
Hi Paul
Quite a giggle there but so true.
We have come along way with communication, like I am writting this message in Austria and you will read it instantly I hit the Post button.
Amazing really. Ralph.
Came across one in Blackall in Central Queensland that did the same this. Used it for several days. Never reported it
In the late 70s we lived in Karratha and to stay in touch with the family back home in Newcastle we would have to take $20 or $30 in 20c coins down to the local phone box. We were lucky to get 20 minutes before our coins ran out and that was a lot of money back in those days. This time last year to make a call between Oman and Australia they charged both the caller and the recever $3.80/min no wonder everyone used programs such as facebook messenger to make cheap video calls - just needed to have access to the internet and some data.
Cheers
BB
Loved them AP ,they are all so true .A sign of the times.
.
Cheers.
Very amusing Paul and so true,but I will bet you have one
Yes, and like my Ipad and laptop almost grafted at the hip!!!! Almost caused and probably saved me from insanity after my accident.
Aussie Paul.