THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

Waikato Independent, Volume V, Issue 328, 24 January 1907, Page 5

THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

(to the editor,) Sir, —May I be permitted to ask through your columns how it is that there is so much delay in getting an answer from the telephone central station. I have heard many complaints regarding this matter, and two subscribers say they frequently go down the street to do business with other subscribers, sooner than wait to be connected, as they can do it quicker.—l am, etc., Subscriber. (TO THE EDITOR.) Sir, —I have been wondering whether the Telephone Exchange is suffering in sympathy with its sister, the Railway Department, for during the last fortnight it has been almost impossible to get put on to a subscriber in less than ten minutes. The exchange cannot be overburdened with work, having less than 50 subscribers to attend to, it must be a case of having little to do and therefore doing that little badly. Although we in Cambridge are reputed to be a lotuseating community, there are some amongst us who, when we require the telephone, require it in a hurry, and to such the delay is very exasperating.—l am, etc., Hustle.