News: Colby – Telephone Service Upgrade (1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: DeHaan

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 15 May 1975

General Telephone Company of Wisconsin has completed its major construction and service improvement program in the Colby exchange, Darrell L. DeHaan, District Manager, Wausau, announced.

The project, involving the installation of approximately 744,000 feet of new cable and undertaken at a total cost of some $925,000, permits all eight party customers in the exchange , four party maximum service, and provided facilities to meet the increasing demands of future area growth.

DeHaan noted that some 657 multi-party main station customer have been affected by the improvement project.