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Does anyone have more info on the ITT company? From a random google sources it looks like it was mainly in Puerto Rico and Cuba?
The rest of the Caribbean (British West Indies) was actually under the Alexander Graham Bell-Canadian designed system as far as I know.
Examples: Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago. It sounds like ITT only did the long haul connections between the other islands and the US and perhaps operations in Cuba and Puerto Rico? Cable and Wireless global history.
Which could seem possible because in those days it's widely understood that Britain only really allowed their telegraph cables to land on British soil unless under the oceans and seas. CaribDigita 01:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
How can it have been considered a "monopoly" pre-divestiture when there were other, non-Bell companies (e.g., GTE, numerous local independent phone companies) providing service?66.215.75.10 02:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Protected
Due to unproductive fighting about the presence of a gallery of unfree images, I have momentarily locked the page so we can do some talking instead of reverting ad nauseum. ★MESSEDROCKER★ 19:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Sounds good to me. From WP:FU: "The amount of copyrighted work used should be as little as possible," and "The material must contribute significantly to the article (e.g. identify the subject of an article, or specifically illustrate relevant points or sections within the text) and must not serve a purely decorative purpose." I could've sworn there was something specific in policy, somewhere, about fair use galleries -- will dig it up, if I can find it. Luna Santin 23:49, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- A gallery of images that are unreferenced by the primary article text violates WP:FU and our copyright policies. ALKIVAR™ ☢ 11:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
- Um, I agree with these editors. Does anyone care to disagree on the talk page? If not, can we just unprotect the article, while continuing to exclude the photos? Cool Hand Luke 10:48, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ma Bell
Why is it called Ma Bell? As I don't live in the USA, I have no idea on the reason.. Is it because it is a "Big Sister" like Big Brother? Fosnez 05:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Blest if I know. Why is the BBC called Auntie Beeb, or B of E the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street? I can only speculate that it originally connoted not nosiness or bossiness but timorous, anile conservatism. Jim.henderson 00:55, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
