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Show IMPROVING FARM TELEPHONE SERVICE The telephone companies of the nation have been quietly experimenting experi-menting with the problem of run- I ning telephone lines on electric ( light poles. In the past, the noise caused by power lines has made this combination service on one pole unsatisfactory. During the war period, while it has been impossible to get equipment equip-ment to make telephone extensions exten-sions in rural areas, electric companies com-panies ' and telephone companies have been carrying on experiments to provide telephone service to rural homes after the' "war by utilizing existing power line poles, and thus save . the expense of building a separate pole line. , .One of. many such tests is being-conducted by the Alabama Power company and the Southern Bell Telephone company. Indications Indica-tions are that the practicability of the plan will be demonstrated. There will be "bugs" to be worked work-ed cut in certain special safety and service equipment, which will require time, but it now seems almost certain that as equipment and instruments become more plentiful, dependable telephone service ser-vice carried on power poles in rural areas, will become as com- 1 monpace as dependable electric 1 service. |