On This Day in Telephone History August 9TH 1966 ‘Ma Bell’ got busted for monitoring telephone calls and conversations between customers. Telephone engineers of the New England public utilities commissions recommended that the telephone company discontinue monitoring any part of telephone calls or conversations between customers. The report followed widespread publicity on the practice of service observing.

On This Day in Telephone History August 9TH 1966

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On This Day in Telephone History August 9TH 1966 ‘Ma Bell’ got busted for monitoring telephone calls and conversations between customers. Telephone Engineers of the New England Public Utilities Commissions recommended that the telephone company discontinue monitoring any part of telephone calls or conversations between customers.

The report followed widespread publicity on the practice of Service Observing.

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