Maritime Telegraph & Telephone
Company Limited
Historical Notes about
MT&T
Chapter 156 of the Acts of 1910, "An Act to Incorporate the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company Limited", was passed by the Nova Scotia Legislature in April 1910. (There is a reference, from an apparently reliable source, to an earlier incorporation, in 1906, of a company with the same name – this will be tracked down ASAP.)
28 June 1910
On this day, MT&T bought a large number of shares of The Prince Edward Island Telephone Company, which had been operating a public telephone service since 10 April 1885.
On 7 May 1998, the shareholders of the Island Telephone Company Limited http://www.islandtel.pe.ca/ approved a proposal to change the company's name to Island Telecom Incorporated. "The Island Telephone Company Limited is a name that has been in existence for most of this century," explained company president & CEO Fred Morash. "It was an accurate description of our business for most of that time, but we've been working for a long time to expand the business beyond providing just telephone services. We now offer customers a broad range of the most advanced telecommunications services, and we believe that our new name, Island Telecom Inc., better reflects the business of the company, " he said. In addition to approving the new name, shareholders previewed a new logo which will support the more modern and timely identity. The change of name was approved by the CRTC and, on 15 June 1998, the company's name was legally changed to Island Telecom Incorporated. In May 1998, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Island Telephone Company was Colin Latham, who also was President and Chief Executive Officer, Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company, Limited and Maritime Tel & Tel Limited.
[Source: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/TELECOM/ORDER/1998/O98586_0.TXT]
1 November 1912
The following is excerpted from a long report in the Public Utility Board's 1913 Annual Report (which covered 1912 and 1913), printed under the heading "Re Petition of the Nova Scotia Carriage and Motor Car Company Limited For An All-Night Service in the Town of Kentville". In September 1912, the hours of service furnished by MT&T Co. at the Kentville Exchange, with 240 subscribers, was 7:30 am - 9:00 pm daily, except Sundays and holidays 9:00 am - 10:00 am and 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm. After extensive evidence was presented, the Public Utilities Board issued an Order that, on and after 10 October 1912, MT&T "will be required to provide" a continuous (24-hour) service at the Kentville Exchange, "excepting on Sundays and statutory holidays, on which days the Exchange may be closed from 7:00 am to 9:00 am, 10:00 am to 1:30 pm, and 2:30 pm to 10:00 pm". This did not end the matter. On 4 October 1912, the PUB issued a modification of the Order: Because of difficulty in securing a satisfactory operator to attend to night calls, and the necessity of having special equipment (audible signalling devices) made to order, the MT&T Co. asked for, and the Board granted, an extension of the time fixed for 24-hour service from 10 October 1912 to 1 November 1912.
31 December 1912
MT&T reported total gross (before expenses) operating revenue of $500,542.87, for the year 1912.
16 January 1913
On this day, MT&T received official approval to put into effect the "Pony Farmers' Line Rate ... for the following eighteen places, in the first named twelve of which it is in force at the present time, viz: Debert, Belmont, Alma, Hopewell, Maccan, Spryfield, Beach Meadows, Eastern Passage, St. Margaret's Bay, Clarkesville, Tracadie, Heatherton, Doddridge, Harbour au Bouche, Big Bras d'Or, Alder Point, East Bay, and Jacksonville ... a monthly rate of $1.00 for house and $1.25 for business telephones." In subsequent Orders dated 4 April 1913 and 6 May 1913, the Pony Farmer Line Rate was approved to be put into effect on 20 May 1913, for Argyle in Yarmouth County, Northfield in Lunenburg County, Wentworth in Cumberland County, and Heatherton in Antigonish County.
9 July 1913
On this day, the Public Utilities Board held a public hearing in Canning, Kings County, on the complaint of
Arthur S. Burgess, manager of the Trading Company Limited, Canning, versus Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Company. The Board's report was printed in its Annual Report for 1913.
Report of the PUB on this complaint, July 1913
2 January 1914
MT&T advertisement: "Put a Telephone in Your Home"
[The Halifax Morning Chronicle 2 January 1914]
April 1914
In April 1914, the Municipality of the County of Halifax requested an inventory of MT&T's lines in the Municipality (the County of Halifax, outside the limits of the City of Halifax and the Town of Dartmouth), for the purpose of taxation assessment. This inventory showed the following, serving 300 telephones:
Inventory of MT&T's lines
in the
Municipality of the County of Halifax
April 1914
| CONDUCTOR |
LENGTH IN
OPERATION |
VALUE
PER MILE |
| Copper wire #12 |
495 miles |
$50 |
| Copper wire #14 |
188 miles |
$37 |
| Iron wire #12 |
657 miles |
$17 |
|
|---|
1934
In 1934, applications were received by the PUB for automatic dial exchange service at Monastery, Brookfield, Lawrencetown, Riverport, Clifton, Collingwood, Hantsport, Lockeport, Maccan, Mill Village, Port Greville, Port Maitland, Pubnico, Woods Harbour, and Bedford. All these applications were approved, and by the end of the year the new equipment was installed in Monastery, Lawrencetown, Brookfield, and Riverport exchanges, giving continuous (24-hour) service to telephone users in these areas.
16 April 1934
On this day, the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities wrote:
"In the areas presently served by MT&T, 98 of the exchanges have, each, fewer than ninety lines and three hundred subscribers connected. 10 of these exchanges pay Group 2A rates and get continuous (24-hour) service every day.
Of the remaining 88 exchanges, 28 fall within groups 1A and 1B, the subscribers pay lower rates than are applicable for Group 2A, and continuous service is provided on weekdays with restricted hours of service on Sundays and holidays.
The remaining 60 exchanges fall within Group 1, the subscribers pay still lower rates than those payable in Groups 1A and 1B; other than emergency service, no service is furnished at night and only restricted hours on Sundays and holidays. The emergency service is furnished at the rate of 25 cents per call and the revenue produced therefrom amounts to about $3500 per year. Of this, ninety per cent goes to the operators who perform the extra service and ten per cent to MT&T.
19 May 1934
On this day, approval was issued to convert the Hantsport exchange to automatic (dial) service. In early 1934, just before this conversion, the hours of service at the Hantsport exchange were: Continuous (24-hour) service every day except Sundays and holidays, when the hours were midnight to 8:00 am, 9:00 am to 10:00 am, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm, and 10:00 pm to midnight. At that time, the Hantsport exchange had 56 lines carrying 75 subscribers.
1936
"Automatic (dial) telephone service ... is becoming increasingly popular, particularly in small exchanges which are thereby enabled to have continuous (24-hour) service. The MT&T Company, the largest operating telephone company in the Province, have been pioneers in this type of equipment, having established the first automatic exchange in Eastern Canada. Since that time the forward march of automatic service in this Province has been rapid..."
During 1936 the following exchanges were converted to dial operation: Bedford, Wellington, LaHave, Port Mouton, and Weymouth. In order to secure automatic equipment for any particular exchange, it was required that a majority of the subscribers served by that exchange sign a petition to that effect (because the conversion of an exchange to automatic operation was accompanied by a significant increase in the monthly rate charged to the subscribers served by that exchange).
[Excerpted from the Annual Report of The Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities for the year 1936.]
19 November 1948
On this day, MT&T put into regular operation the first commercial microwave link in the world, between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
10 June 1966
At a meeting of the Public Utilities Board in Halifax on 10 June 1966, Mr. D.W. Myers, Vice-President and General Manager of MT&T, "made reference to the six specific objectives which MT&T proposes to achieve over a ten year period and which have been outlined by officers of MT&T in previous recent hearings. These include accelerated dial conversion, the take over of as many of the remaining 144 rural telephone companies as possible, the reduction in party-line fills to a maximum of ten with an average goal of six or seven, the enlargement of base rate areas, the establishment of more extended area service, and the provision of more direct distance dialing." MT&T is proceeding with the necessary work "to provide dial service in the Hubbards, St. Margaret's, and French Village Exchange Areas by July 10th, 1966, and to provide direct distance dialing in the general Halifax area by March 1967. This general Halifax area includes the Halifax-Dartmouth Metropolitan Area and the adjacent Exchange Areas of Bedford, Bay Road, and Sackville..." The Hubbards, St. Margaret's, and French Village Exchange Areas, currently being converted to dial operation, will be included in the direct distance dialing service. As part of this general upgrading of the telephone system in this area, Extended Area Service will be implemented "between Hubbards and St. Margaret's Exchange Areas, and between St. Margaret's and French Village Exchange Areas."
In its report dated 8 July 1966, the PUB wrote: "The St. Margaret's Exchange Area is located at the head of St. Margaret's Bay and includes the communities of Ingramport, Boutilier's Point, Head of St. Margaret's Bay, French Village Station, and Tantallon. The Hubbards Exchange Area is immediately adjacent to the west of St. Margaret's Exchange Area and includes the communities of Mill Cove, Fox Point, Hubbards, Queensland, and Black Point. The French Village Exchange Area is immediately adjacent to the south of St. Margaret's Exchange Area and includes the communities of Glen Haven, French Village, Seabright, Glen Margaret, Hackett's Cove, Indian Harbour, Peggy's Cove, and West Dover. At the present time, service is provided on a manual magneto basis in each Exchange Area. Each Exchange Area has its own central office and will have its own dial office when dial service is inaugurated."
"Hubbards Exchange serves 382 subscribers, St. Margaret's serves 550 subscribers, and French Village serves 372 subscribers. Hubbards Exchange originates approximately 6,000 long distance calls per year to St. Margaret's Exchange and St. Margaret's originates approximately 7,300 calls to Hubbards for a total of 13,300 calls. St. Margaret's Exchange originates approximately 4,700 long distance calls per year to French Village Exchange and French Village originates approximately the same number to St. Margaret's for a total of 9,400 calls. Total long distance calls between Hubbards and French Village Exchanges is approximately 2,400 per year."
The implementation of Extended Area Service between two exchanges has the effect of increasing the base monthly charge paid by each subscriber in both areas, because the base rate is figured by counting the combined number of subscribers in both exchanges, while at the same time long distance charges between the two exchanges are eliminated.
The PUB report continues: "Financial statistics and estimates support the supply of Extended Area Services under the plans proposed herein by MT&T and a canvass (of subscribers in the affected areas) was conducted by MT&T on the basis that the Extended Area Service plans would result in an increase in Hubbards and French Village Exchange service rates from Group 1 to Group 2, and an increase in St. Margaret's Exchange service rates from Group 2 to Group 3. Results of the canvass were: Of the 477 subscribers in the Hubbards Exchange Area, including the districts of Black Point and Ingramport (which had been included in the St. Margaret's Exchange but will be included in the Hubbards Exchange when the dial conversion is implemented), 394 or 88.1% voted, and 377 or 84.3% of the total number of subscribers voted in favour of Extended Area Service with St. Margaret's; of the 368 subscribers in the French Village Exchange Area 304 or 82.6% voted, and 220 or 59.8% of the total number of subscribers voted in favour of Extended Area Service with St. Margaret's; of the 475 subscribers in the St. Margaret's Exchange Area, not including the districts of Black Point and Ingramport, 420 or 89.3% voted, and 376 or 79.2% of the total number of subscribers voted in favour of Extended Area Service with Hubbards and French Village Exchanges. Evidence was given by Mr. M.B. McMahon, Development Assistant at MT&T, with respect to the manner in which the canvass was conducted and the information is recorded (in the PUB records)."
The PUB approved the Extended Area Service plans between Hubbards and St. Margaret's Exchange Areas, and between St. Margaret's and French Village Exchange Areas, effective July 10th, 1966.
[Excerpted from the Annual Report of The Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities for the year 1966.]
9 December 1996
911 Now Available in Halifax County
On this day, 911 emergency number service became effective throughout the rural areas of the County of Halifax, that is all areas outside of the (former) Cities of Halifax and Dartmouth and the Town of Bedford. The same service also became effective this day for the Towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay, in Lunenburg County. Residents of the Town of Bedford "have had 911 for years" prior to this date. Halifax and Dartmouth residents "will continue to dial 4105 for police emergencies and 4103 for fire emergencies". 911 emergency number service became effective in Cumberland and Colchester Counties in April 1996.
[The Chronicle-Herald, 10 December 1996]
31 December 1996
MT&T Network Facts
Number of exchanges -- 175
Percentage of digital lines -- 94%
Percentage of analog lines -- 6%
Number of single party customers -- 716,521
Number of multi party customers -- 5,186
Number of customers converted to single party service in 1996 -- 2,941
Total kilometres of fibre optic cable -- 4,800
Number of cell sites -- 90
[Source: http://www.mtt.ca/AboutMTT/Profile/NetworkFacts/]
1 February 1997
New Call Guardian Service
On 1 February 1997, MT&T introduced a "new free Call Minder service, called Call Guardian®", according to a bill stuffer sent out with the January 1997 bills. Depending on the options chosen by the subscriber, "Guardian® will prevent long distance or 1-900 calls from being placed" from, "and can prevent long distance calls from being billed" to, a subscriber's telephone. Call Guardian® includes, at the subscriber's option, any combination of one or more of these three services:
- Toll Restrict blocks outgoing calls beginning with the digit "1", except 1-800 and 1-888 calls, and can also block calls beginning with "0" (Operator and Calling Card calls);
- Collect & Third Number prevents Collect and Third Number calls from being charged to the subscriber's telephone number; and
- No-900 prevents calls to 1-900 services from being placed from the subscriber's telephone number.
"Call Guardian® service is ideal for parents wanting to manage their children's calling, people sharing accomodations, or for small businesses and social clubs concerned about calls being made from telephones located in publicly-accessible areas." The same stuffer announced that "MT&T is reducing the rate of interest charged on late-paid accounts from 1.25% per month (16.1% per year) to 1.00% per month (12.7% per year). Also, MT&T is increasing the unpaid amount threshold for this charge from $20 to $22. These changes will mean that fewer customers will have to pay, and/or those who pay may pay less. Note: the minimum charge of $1.25 remains in effect." [That last sentence was printed in a markedly smaller typeface than the rest of the announcement.]
1 February 1997
Private Contractors Now Allowed
to Install Telephone Lines
MT&T mailed out, as a stuffer in its February 1997 bills, a leaflet with the following: "As of February 1, 1997, MT&T residence and single-line business customers are able to choose which company installs telephone wires and jacks inside their home or business... People can now hire MT&T, a private installation contractor, or even do the work themselves. Before this change, only MT&T had been authorized to carry out this type of work. MT&T will continue to offer this service. Charges will include the cost of a visit to the customer's location plus parts and labour. MT&T will also still provide repairs to inside telephone wiring and jacks associated with normal 'wear and tear' at no cost. However, any repairs which come as the result of customer action will continue to be charged, as they are today... Q: How can I be sure about getting the job done right? A: MT&T has produced an installation manual to ensure that all necessary standards are met. For the 'do it yourself person', MT&T offers a detailed wiring guide for assistance. Copies can be picked up at any Authorized MT&T Distributor in Nova Scotia..."
31 March 1997
MT&T Holds 83% of Long Distance Market
MT&T estimated that it had about an 83% share of the long distance market (long distance calls originating in Nova Scotia) at 31 March 1997, compared to 84% at 31 December 1996.
[Source: Comments delivered 29 April 1997 by Ron Smith, MT&T Vice President Finance and Corporate Services, to financial analysts after release of financial results for first quarter 1997.]
31 March 1997
MT&T Gains Additional Revenue
$700,000 in Three Months
from "Always On" Services
Revenues from enhanced optional services grew at a rate of about 12% in 1997 compared to1996. This growth was driven by the introduction of new services such as TalkMail and by new billing options such as Always On. Always On, which MT&T didn't have a year ago, generated over $700,000 during the first quarter of 1997.
[Source: Comments delivered 29 April 1997 by Ron Smith, MT&T Vice President Finance and Corporate Services, to financial analysts after release of financial results for first quarter 1997.]
"Always On" Services
Always On is a group of Call Minder features that are always available to all MT&T residential customers. There is a 35¢ charge for each use, up to a maximum of $7.00 per month; except there is no charge for Call Block and Call Trace. There is no requirement to formally subscribe to any of these services -- MT&T has installed them and they can be used at any time by any telephone customer (except those on party lines, or with rotary-dial phones, or a few other restrictions that apply only to a small minority of customers).
- Call Return (*69) Answers the question: "Who called me last?" Pick up the receiver, and press "*69" (star-six-nine). An automated voice will read to you the digits of the phone number from which the last call was made incoming to your telephone. This will be the last incoming call, whether the call was answered or not. After the digits have been read to you, if you like you can return the call be pressing "1" (one) when prompted. Call Return works on all incoming calls, both local and long distance.
- Ring Again (*66) "I need to reach that busy number." This feature will ensure you get through to that busy number as soon as it becomes free, without you having to do repeated redialling. If you reach a busy signal, hang up, then pick up the receiver and press "*66" (star-six-six), and hang up. You can program Ring Again for more than one number at a time, and you can place and receive calls as usual while Ring Again is activated. Ring Again will not interrupt you if you are on another call. If you want to cancel a Ring Again request, press "*86" (star-eight-six).
- Three Way Calling "Let's get Harry on the line, too." Planning a party? Need to discuss a business matter? Just want to talk to two friends at once? Three Way Calling lets you add a third party to your existing conversation. To do so, press your link, flash, or switch-hook button and wait for three tones. Then key in the number of the third party. When they answer, press the button again and you will be in a three-way conversation. If the third party does not answer or the line is busy, press the button again to return to the original caller. Either of the persons you called can hang up at any time without cancelling the remaining two connected phones. Any long distance charges incurred will be billed to your phone, that is to the phone which sets up the three-way call. [ICS -- I've no idea what the "link" or "flash" buttons may be. It's just a guess, but I think the "switch-hook button" refers to what I've known for decades as the cradle switch.]
- Name That Number (1-902-555-1313, toll free) Have you ever wanted to find out the name associated with a telephone number? Name That Number does this for you, for any listed number in the Atlantic Provinces. Call 1-902-555-1313 toll free, any time. Voice prompts will guide you to enter the area code (three digits) followed by the phone number (seven digits), and then an automated voice will read to you the name as it is listed in the telephone directory. You can inquire about two numbers for each 35¢ call. You will not be charged if no information is available.
- TalkMail (*99) TalkMail is a voice messaging service that enables you to record a spoken message for later delivery to anyone you might make an ordinary telephone call to. It does not answer your phone -- that is, it does not function as an answering machine. TalkMail is always available once you have set up your mailbox. You pay 35¢ when you send messages to phones within your local calling region, or applicable long distance rates when you send long distance messages. There is no charge to the receiving telephone. You can send messages to anyone with a voice mailbox -- on their regular or cellular telephone -- in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and many other locations within Canada. TalkMail is often used to send a message when
- You don't want to disturb the other person (late at night, or dinner time...)
- The line is busy or they don't answer.
- You need to call several people at once to deliver the same message (organizing a meeting, or a team practice, changes in trip plans...)
How do you get a message that someone else has recorded to be delivered to you? When a message is waiting for you, you'll hear an interrupted dial tone when you pick up your phone. This sound won't prevent you from making or receiving phone calls before you check your messages. However, you will hear the interrupted tone each time you pick up your phone to dial out, until you review all your new messages. [There are several details about TalkMail that won't be described here -- see any MT&T directory for more complete information.]
- Call Block In areas where Call Display is available, Call Block is provided automatically, free of charge. Press "*67" (star-six-seven) to block your telephone number, or "*87" (star-eight-seven) to block both your name and number, before placing your call. Call Block automatically cancels when you hang up your phone at the end of your call -- it must be reactivated for each call you make. Even if you make a call with Call Block activated, Call Trace can still trace calls made from your telephone. If you have an unlisted (non-published) phone number, your number is already permanently blocked by MT&T -- only your name will display when you call someone who has call Display. If you have a non-published phone number, do not use *67 or *87 -- if you do use these codes, your phone number will be displayed at the receiving telephone.
- Call Trace (*57) If you receive an obscene or threatening phone call, follow these steps:
- Hang up immediately.
- Pick up the receiver and listen for the dial tone.
- Dial "*57" (star-five-seven).
- A recorded message will tell you whether or not the call was traced to the originating telephone.
- Hang up.
- Note the date and time of the call and contact the local police if you want to take action against the caller. Trace information will be released by MT&T only to law enforcement officials.
Call Trace is provided automatically free of charge, where Call Minder services are available.
The above is only a brief summary of the various "smart telephone" options available at this time in Nova Scotia. For more information, refer to any MT&T phone directory.
[Source: MT&T Telephone Directories, 1997]
June 1997
MT&T mailed out, as a stuffer in its June 1997 bills, a leaflet with the following: A proposal has been submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) "that would make most 'local' calling areas bigger than ever before. If approved, every call you make to a neighbouring telephone exchange will be a local call. Long distance charges will no longer apply. The only requirement will be that the exchange (you are calling to) must border directly on your exchange. If approved, larger local calling areas will be introduced" one exchange at a time, "starting 1 October 1997. Conversion is expected to be complete by the end of 1998."
October 1997
October 1997
List of All Telephone Exchanges in Nova Scotia
At this time, all local telephone service was supplied by MT&T,
thus all of these exchanges were owned and operated by MT&T.
| Numerical Order |
Alphabetic Order |
221 Halifax Cellular
224 Cheticamp
226 Arichat
227 Port Hawkesbury Cellular
228 Blandford
232 Monastery
234 Monastery
235 Margaree Harbour
243 Pugwash
245 Digby
247 Digby Cellular
248 Margaree Forks
249 Digby Cellular
251 River Hebert
254 Parrsboro
257 Wallace
258 Inverness
261 Maitland
267 Halifax
275 Chester
279 Chester Cellular
285 Ingonish
295 Baddeck
328 Country Harbour
336 Neil's Harbour
345 Louisdale
347 Ecum Secum
348 Port Greville
350 Liverpool Cellular
351 River John
354 Liverpool
358 Queensport
362 Kennetcook
364 Port Bickerton
366 Canso
369 Noel
379 Eskasoni
383 Dingwall
384 Musquodoboit
386 Heatherton
387 Goldboro
392 Advocate
396 Westville
420 Halifax
421 Halifax
422 Halifax
423 Halifax
424 Halifax
425 Halifax
426 Halifax
427 Halifax
428 Halifax
429 Halifax
434 Dartmouth
435 Dartmouth
443 Halifax
445 Halifax
447 Oxford
450 Halifax
451 Halifax
452 Halifax Cellular
453 Halifax
454 Halifax
455 Halifax
456 Halifax Cellular
457 Halifax
458 Paging
459 Paging
460 Dartmouth
461 Dartmouth
462 Dartmouth
463 Dartmouth
464 Dartmouth
465 Dartmouth
466 Dartmouth
467 Bear River
468 Dartmouth
469 Dartmouth
471 Halifax Cellular
473 Halifax
474 Halifax
475 Halifax
477 Halifax
479 Halifax
481 Dartmouth
483 Halifax Paging
484 Halifax
485 Pictou
486 MT&T
487 MT&T
488 Halifax Cellular
489 Halifax Cellular
490 Halifax
491 Halifax
492 Halifax
493 Halifax
494 Halifax
495 Halifax
496 Halifax
497 Halifax Cellular
498 Halifax Paging
499 Halifax Cellular
521 Bridgewater Cellular
522 Sherbrooke
525 Larry's River
527 Bridgewater
528 Walton
529 Bridgewater Cellular
532 Annapolis Royal
533 Guysborough
534 Kentville
535 St. Peters
538 Berwick
539 Sydney
541 Bridgewater
542 Wolfville
543 Bridgewater
544 Sydney Mines
545 Maccan
546 Southampton
547 Springfield
548 Wentworth
551 Paging
558 Paging
559 Halifax
560 Sydney Cellular
561 Sydney Cellular
562 Sydney
563 Sydney
564 Sydney
565 Sydney Cellular
567 Sydney Paging
568 Upper Musquodoboit
582 Canning
584 Lawrencetown
585 Wolfville
587 L'Ardoise
592 New Waterford
595 Sydney
597 Springhill
622 Grand Narrows
623 Port Hawkesbury Cellular
624 Mahone Bay
625 Port Hawkesbury
627 Western Shore
630 Barrington Cellular
632 Clarksville
633 Cheverie
634 Lunenburg
637 Barrington
638 Cornwallis
639 Stewiacke
642 Liverpool Cellular
643 Argyle
644 New Germany
645 Meteghan
646 Port Mouton
647 Bass River
648 Tusket
649 Port Maitland
654 Port Dufferin
656 Lockeport
657 Tatamagouche
661 Amherst
662 Debert
663 Wedgeport
664 Amherst
665 Bridgetown
667 Amherst
668 Great Village
669 Amherst Cellular
670 Kentville Cellular
671 Upper Stewiacke
673 Brookfield
674 Boularderie
677 Mill Village
678 Kentville
679 Kentville
680 Kentville Cellular
681 New Minas
682 Caledonia
683 Port Mouton
684 Hantsport
685 Chelsea
686 Collingwood
688 LaHave
689 New Ross
690 Kentville
692 Kentville Cellular
723 Woods Harbour
725 lona
727 Marion Bridge
733 Louisbourg
736 Sydney Mines
737 Port Morien
740 Yarmouth Cellular
742 Yarmouth
745 Clark's Harbour
746 Yarmouth Cellular
747 Mulgrave
749 Yarmouth
750 Shubenacadie Cellular
752 New Glasgow
753 New Glasgow
755 New Glasgow
756 Whycocomagh
757 Brooklyn
758 Shubenacadie
759 New Glasgow Cellular
760 New Glasgow Cellular
761 Carleton
762 Pubnico
765 Kingston
766 Riverport
768 Port LaTour
769 Saulnierville
771 New Glasgow Cellular
772 Tangier
773 Saulnierville Cellular
779 Liscomb
783 Goshen
787 Port Hood
790 Windsor
792 Windsor
794 North Sydney
798 Windsor
799 Windsor Cellular
822 East Bay
823 French Village
825 Middleton
826 St. Margarets
827 Chezzetcook
828 East Bay
829 Dartmouth
832 Bedford
833 Melrose
834 Sandy Cove
835 Bedford
837 Weymouth
839 Freeport
842 Glace Bay
845 Lake Charlotte
847 Aylesford
849 Glace Bay
852 Prospect Road
857 Hubbards
860 Waverley
861 Waverley
862 New Waterford
863 Antigonish
864 Sackville
865 Sackville
866 Mount Uniacke
867 Antigonish
868 Ketch Harbour
869 Sackville
870 Antigonish Cellular
871 Boisdale
872 Antigonish
873 Waverley
875 Shelburne
876 Halifax
878 Musquodoboit Harbour Cellular
879 Shelburne Cellular
883 Elmsdale
884 Gabarus
885 Sheet Harbour
889 Musquodoboit Harbour
890 Truro Cellular
893 Truro
895 Truro
896 Truro Cellular
897 Truro
898 Truro Cellular
899 Truro Cellular
922 Thorburn
923 Hopewell
924 Kenzieville
925 Saltsprings
926 Merigomish
928 Westville
929 St. Ann's Bay
945 Mabou
981 Halifax
|
392 Advocate
661 Amherst
664 Amherst
667 Amherst
669 Amherst Cellular
532 Annapolis Royal
872 Antigonish
863 Antigonish
867 Antigonish
870 Antigonish Cellular
643 Argyle
226 Arichat
847 Aylesford
295 Baddeck
637 Barrington
630 Barrington Cellular
647 Bass River
467 Bear River
832 Bedford
835 Bedford
538 Berwick
228 Blandford
871 Boisdale
674 Boularderie
665 Bridgetown
527 Bridgewater
541 Bridgewater
543 Bridgewater
521 Bridgewater Cellular
529 Bridgewater Cellular
673 Brookfield
757 Brooklyn
682 Caledonia
582 Canning
366 Canso
761 Carleton
685 Chelsea
275 Chester
279 Chester Cellular
224 Cheticamp
633 Cheverie
827 Chezzetcook
745 Clark's Harbour
632 Clarksville
686 Collingwood
638 Cornwallis
328 Country Harbour
434 Dartmouth
435 Dartmouth
460 Dartmouth
461 Dartmouth
462 Dartmouth
463 Dartmouth
464 Dartmouth
465 Dartmouth
466 Dartmouth
468 Dartmouth
469 Dartmouth
481 Dartmouth
829 Dartmouth
662 Debert
245 Digby
247 Digby Cellular
249 Digby Cellular
383 Dingwall
828 East Bay
822 East Bay
347 Ecum Secum
883 Elmsdale
379 Eskasoni
839 Freeport
823 French Village
884 Gabarus
842 Glace Bay
849 Glace Bay
387 Goldboro
783 Goshen
622 Grand Narrows
668 Great Village
533 Guysborough
267 Halifax
420 Halifax
421 Halifax
422 Halifax
423 Halifax
424 Halifax
425 Halifax
426 Halifax
427 Halifax
428 Halifax
429 Halifax
443 Halifax
445 Halifax
450 Halifax
451 Halifax
453 Halifax
454 Halifax
455 Halifax
457 Halifax
473 Halifax
474 Halifax
475 Halifax
477 Halifax
479 Halifax
484 Halifax
490 Halifax
491 Halifax
492 Halifax
493 Halifax
494 Halifax
495 Halifax
496 Halifax
559 Halifax
876 Halifax
981 Halifax
221 Halifax Cellular
452 Halifax Cellular
456 Halifax Cellular
471 Halifax Cellular
488 Halifax Cellular
489 Halifax Cellular
497 Halifax Cellular
499 Halifax Cellular
483 Halifax Paging
498 Halifax Paging
684 Hantsport
386 Heatherton
923 Hopewell
857 Hubbards
285 Ingonish
258 Inverness
725 lona
362 Kennetcook
534 Kentville
678 Kentville
679 Kentville
690 Kentville
670 Kentville Cellular
680 Kentville Cellular
692 Kentville Cellular
924 Kenzieville
868 Ketch Harbour
765 Kingston
688 LaHave
845 Lake Charlotte
587 L'Ardoise
525 Larry's River
584 Lawrencetown
779 Liscomb
354 Liverpool
350 Liverpool Cellular
642 Liverpool Cellular
656 Lockeport
733 Louisbourg
345 Louisdale
634 Lunenburg
945 Mabou
545 Maccan
624 Mahone Bay
261 Maitland
248 Margaree Forks
235 Margaree Harbour
727 Marion Bridge
833 Melrose
926 Merigomish
645 Meteghan
825 Middleton
677 Mill Village
232 Monastery
234 Monastery
866 Mount Uniacke
486 MT&T
487 MT&T
747 Mulgrave
384 Musquodoboit
889 Musquodoboit Harbour
878 Musquodoboit Harbour Cellular
336 Neil's Harbour
644 New Germany
752 New Glasgow
753 New Glasgow
755 New Glasgow
759 New Glasgow Cellular
760 New Glasgow Cellular
771 New Glasgow Cellular
681 New Minas
689 New Ross
592 New Waterford
862 New Waterford
369 Noel
794 North Sydney
447 Oxford
458 Paging
459 Paging
551 Paging
558 Paging
254 Parrsboro
485 Pictou
364 Port Bickerton
654 Port Dufferin
348 Port Greville
625 Port Hawkesbury
227 Port Hawkesbury Cellular
623 Port Hawkesbury Cellular
787 Port Hood
768 Port LaTour
649 Port Maitland
737 Port Morien
646 Port Mouton
683 Port Mouton
852 Prospect Road
762 Pubnico
243 Pugwash
358 Queensport
251 River Hebert
351 River John
766 Riverport
864 Sackville
865 Sackville
869 Sackville
929 St. Ann's Bay
826 St. Margarets
535 St. Peters
925 Saltsprings
834 Sandy Cove
769 Saulnierville
773 Saulnierville Cellular
885 Sheet Harbour
875 Shelburne
879 Shelburne Cellular
522 Sherbrooke
758 Shubenacadie
750 Shubenacadie Cellular
546 Southampton
547 Springfield
597 Springhill
639 Stewiacke
539 Sydney
562 Sydney
563 Sydney
564 Sydney
595 Sydney
560 Sydney Cellular
561 Sydney Cellular
565 Sydney Cellular
567 Sydney Paging
544 Sydney Mines
736 Sydney Mines
772 Tangier
657 Tatamagouche
922 Thorburn
893 Truro
895 Truro
897 Truro
890 Truro Cellular
896 Truro Cellular
898 Truro Cellular
899 Truro Cellular
648 Tusket
568 Upper Musquodoboit
671 Upper Stewiacke
257 Wallace
528 Walton
860 Waverley
861 Waverley
873 Waverley
663 Wedgeport
548 Wentworth
627 Western Shore
396 Westville
928 Westville
837 Weymouth
756 Whycocomagh
790 Windsor
792 Windsor
798 Windsor
799 Windsor Cellular
542 Wolfville
585 Wolfville
723 Woods Harbour
742 Yarmouth
749 Yarmouth
740 Yarmouth Cellular
746 Yarmouth Cellular
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Source: MT&T telephone directory
"Annapolis Valley East"
issued 24 November 1997.
284 exchanges, all told.
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Note: Exchange 221 was included in this list (above) printed in October 1997. However, the following is excerpted from a brief item that appeared in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 10 June 1998:
MT&T launched a new local cellular prefix, 221, in metro Halifax yesterday. The move is in response to growing demand for new cell phone service with MT&T Mobility, the company said in a media release. "Every time we open another block of cellular telephone numbers, that's another 10,000 customers we can accommodate on our provincewide cellular network," said Chuck Hartlen, MT&T Mobility's network services director. At the current rate (of issuing of new cell phone numbers) we'll most likely have to launch another new cellular prefix by October 1998," Mr. Hartlen said. MT&T also announced cell phone users heading to Kejimkujik National Park this summer will have service in the area. New cellular sites have been installed in Kejimkujik and Caledonia, Queens County...
1998
MT&T Quality of Service Indicators
It's a good question.
How do you measure quality, in the services industry?
How can you get an objective measure of the quality of a service?
For example, how can you get an objective measure of the quality of the service supplied by a telephone company?
The CRTC has decided it, and the public, need good, solid, reliable information about the quality of service supplied by the various telephone companies. It has developed a method (they call it a monitoring model) called the Quality of Service reporting requirements which can be used to obtain such information.
CRTC: MT&T Quality of Service Indicators, 1998 The most fundamental of these quality indicators is 3.1, Dial Tone Delay. The reported number is the percentage of attempted calls experiencing dial tone delay of three seconds or less, during the company's busiest hour of the month.
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28 April 1998
End of the Telephone Company
On 28 April 1998, MT&T president Colin Latham declared the end of the phone company. On this day, he told MT&T's annual shareholders meeting it is moving to diversify into an "electronic-services company," evident by his announcement of a $6-million investment in four Nova Scotian high-tech firms. "Shareholders who have placed their trust in MT&T now hold an investment in a ... company with a varied product base in communications, information, transaction and entertainment," Latham told 552 shareholders and guests gathered at the World Trade Centre in Halifax.
Before the meeting, Latham said MT&T will invest $3,000,000 in TecKnowledge Healthcare Systems of Dartmouth, $1,500,000 in Salter Street Media, a subsidiary of Halifax-based Salter Street Films Ltd., $1,000,000 in Brooklyn North Software Works Inc. of Halifax and $375,000 in InfoInterActive Inc. of Bedford. For these investments, MT&T will gain equity positions in all four firms, ranging from 37.5% in Salter New Media to 11.5% in InfoInterActive.
TecKnowledge is linking every hospital in the province to provide support to patients, physicians and communities in rural Nova Scotia. The project will be completed in March 1999. Company president and co-founder Dorothy Spence said the infusion of cash will help TecKnowledge grow and expand its marketing opportunities across Canada and around the world. Spence said the company is "actively recruiting" employees but finds itself stressed by its dual needs. Potential workers must have health-care training and computer skills. "The good news is we're really niche. The bad news is we're really niche in finding those people," she said.
Long Distance Revenue
Down $19,000,000
for Year 1997
Shareholders hardly flinched as Ron Smith, the company's chief financial officer, described the accounting changes that resulted in a one-time, after-tax charge of $189,000,000 that left the company with a $135,000,000 loss for 1997. "While the charge had no effect on important items like cash flow, dividends, employment levels, prices or our credit rating, it did have a distorting effect on our books" Smith said. Smith went on, however, to paint a rosy picture of company finances, all expressed "before the extraordinary charge" was taken in account. Net income in 1997 was up 17% from the previous year to $56,000,000. This was despite a $19,000,000 drop in long-distance revenue, most of which was attributed to rate reductions MT&T introduced in the last quarter of 1997 to hold customers tempted by a plethora of long-distance providers. Smith steeled shareholders to more bad news in this competitive front. "We expect long-distance revenues will continue to decline because prices will continue to fall," he said.
In his own address, Latham said MT&T will be ready to battle long-distance foes and new competitors entering the local-service market. "Because we are ahead of the curve, there will be no last-minute scrambling .... We will remain tightly focused on our strategic plan," he said.
[The Halifax Daily News, 29 April 1998]
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