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Refugee · 15th Feb 2019, 1:05 pm

When I was very young we lived in an estate that had some houses that were still being built.
There was no phone to start with but later they installed poles and we had a phone put in.
The road was also a dirt track and was made up at about the same time along with mains drainage so we were able to dispense with the noisy smelly lorry once every three months.
I have a feeling that the house builders left it to the residents to pay the fixed fee for the new install at each home.

15th Feb 2019, 1:05 pm	#14
Refugee Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK. Posts: 5,554	Re: Telephone provision in high rise blocks of flats. When I was very young we lived in an estate that had some houses that were still being built. There was no phone to start with but later they installed poles and we had a phone put in. The road was also a dirt track and was made up at about the same time along with mains drainage so we were able to dispense with the noisy smelly lorry once every three months. I have a feeling that the house builders left it to the residents to pay the fixed fee for the new install at each home.