18 Jan
2004
18 Jan
'04
2:35 p.m.
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Brad Parker wrote:
Anyone know if this story is true?
http://www.phonehelp.com/p-1-50.htm
(story about bell labs experiment where handset cords are made shorter
and shorter and help desk calls are monitored to find 'knee' in help
call curve to use as optimal length of handset cords)
certainly a little off topic - if there is a better place/list someone can
suggest I'm all ears. (alt.bell-labs.stories? :-)
Try comp.dcom.telecom. A lot of old-timers hang out there that might be
able to confirm or refute this.
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