Telephone company?

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User_gary

#419700 Sun, 16 Sep 07 06:58 PM

I know we say "TV station" for a "Program company" from where we get many programs on a particular channel.

Similarly what do we say for telephone company, from where we get a line to our home?

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Feebs11

#419772 Sun, 16 Sep 07 11:20 PM

A "TV station" is the place from which programmes are broadcast. It will be owned and run by a TV company.

So far as I know, telephone companies supply the landlines to customers. In the UK this is BT [British Telecommunications].

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Clive

#419773 Sun, 16 Sep 07 11:21 PM

Hi,

We just speak of 'the phone company'.

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Eimai_Anglos

#420496 Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:45 AM

Just for completeness: there are at least two telephone companies providing land lines in the UK. One is B.T. and the other is Kingston Telecommunications, which has exclusive rights for the area encompassing Kingston Upon Hull.

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Eimai_Anglos

#420497 Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:45 AM

And the equivalent to a "TV station" would be a "Telephone Exchange", I guess.

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