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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 3 Dec 1959, p. 19

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C. F. Holland, Bell Teleâ€" phone manager here, said that the first such change will be {made in April when toll charâ€" ges are dropped for calls beâ€" tween Kitchener and Breslau. Then, in the fall, long distance charges will be eliminated for calling _ between Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo and the St. Jacobs, Preston and New Dundee exâ€" changes. THE ARROWS IMDICATE the twoâ€"way tollâ€"free telephone calling paths that will be set up by the Beli Telephone Comâ€" pany in this district next year, In April, long distance charges will be eliminated for calling between Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo and Breslau. In the fall, long distance charges will be dropped for calling between the other pairs of exchanâ€" ges joined by arrows. Calls between telephones in exâ€" changes linked in this way will be di@led direct with the callers using the two letters and five figures of the teleâ€" whone number. * Youll wrint fortWRISTMRS Long distance charges will be eliminated next year for telephone calls between Kitchâ€" enerâ€"Waterloo and four exâ€" changes adjoining the twin cities, and between â€" several pairs of adjacent exchanges in the district. Aiso in the fall, tollâ€"free callâ€" ing will be introduced between St. Jacobs and Breslau, Hesâ€" peler and Preston, New Dunâ€" dee and Plattsville, New Dunâ€" dee and Ayr, Plattsville and Ayr, Ayr and Paris, and beâ€" tween Galt and both Preston and Hespeler. Calis â€" between _ exchanges grouped im this way will be dialed ‘direct with callers dialâ€" ing two letters and five figâ€" ures of a telephone number. Mr. Holland said the changes will be made under the Bell‘s "Extended _ Areas _ Service" (EA.S.) program under which the local calling areas of exâ€" For Really Good Home Made Pork Sausage, Summer Sausage, Hickory Smoked Bacon & Hams Merry Christmas PILLER Sausages & Delicatessens Ltd. Makers of Finest Quality European Smoked Meat & Sausages RR. 3, WATERLOO Phone SHerwood 3â€"8981 changes are widened to â€" inâ€" clude ncighboring â€" exchanges when such an arrangement proâ€" ves to be the most suitable way of serving such areas. Such plans ‘to widen local calling areas result from conâ€" tinuing studics of the calling habits of Boll customers. When the amount of long distance traffic indicates that the majorâ€" ity of customers in two neigh boring communitiese would ‘be best and most â€" economically served by the elimination of long distance charges, steps are taken to make such a change. In order to provide the tollâ€" free local calling, additional equiptment must be instalied in each telephone office to switch and route the calls. More‘cable facilities must also be built to handle the heavy increase in .Caliing wmich is expected to follow the intro duction o. tollâ€"free calling. _ ‘ant Mr. Holland explained that all exchanges served by the Bell are classified into rate groups based on the number of teleâ€" phones in _ each _ exchange. There are 11 such groups, those with 20,000 to 50,000 are in one, and :o on. As the numâ€" ber of telephones in the local calling area of an exchange exceeds or falls below the the local calling area of each | of the St. Jaodbs, Rreziau, Pres . |ton and New Buudee exchangâ€" es, these four wil each move into a new group and new rates for local service will be upplicable in all four. in &. JSacobs, Bresisu und bNew Duwve das tha new vratos will ho tha ‘%“.fl":.zm :.-'d a ©upawimmd e dosn W&tlnafllu-dm} ~~xrW»moerive teleghones 40 the local calling area of each, «i the St. Jaodbs, Rresian, Pres ton and New Buudee exchang es, these four wil each move into a new group and rates for local service will be upplicable in all four. in &. laefl.tflhdhh{ «<dee the new rates will be the vlhwfltuhalae:1 with Galt and Heapeler as as KitchenerWaterloo, the ratâ€" on 10 KING ST. W. A SMALL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY ARTICLE "TIL CHMRISTMAS ff suuipntst 40000 OPEN FRIDAY NITE UNTIL 9 P.M. There will be no change in the| > S tt 0 t sING A. N. gFhe 5| Lo e qumir KITCHENER Lr‘:

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