[Outages-discussion] [outages] [META] Some outages are planned

[Jay R. Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "DaZZa" <dazzagibbs at gmail.com>

> Wow, Step-by-Step exchanges - that takes me back!
> 
> Although, I can remember the cutover of one of the last manual (person
> connecting plugs to route calls) exchanges in the country. Now *that*
> was old school!

Someone who was involved just reminded me yesterday that that was Avalon, CA.

It was the last manual board in the Bell System. Forget what year. 70s/80s

Cheers,
-- jra
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