[BC] horns

[Blake Bowers]

A lot of that was bolstering billing for Western Electric.  Tariffs would
allow a certain amount over cost of maintaining, so if WE, a company of
AT&T could bill AT&T for a part, make a profit on the part, then AT&T
could increase their rates, making another profit, they made lots of
profit.

Thats why the procedure was never changed!


> Oh, and he also told of the brand new parts that would arrive every year, 
> for
> replacement of the existing ones... being sent to storage... YEAR AFTER 
> YEAR,
> while the old parts stayed in service. The shipments kept coming,
> year-after-year, because it was "PROCEEDURE". Those new, unopened boxes 
> went into
> storage... Rather than change proceedure, this went on year after year... 
> to the
> point that they either  had to build bigger warehouses to hold it all, or 
> start
> throwing it into the dumpster. BRAND NEW, UNUSED parts... going to the 
> dumpster,
> because there was no more room to store them!!!
>
> Such incomprehensible waste!
>
> Willie...
>