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by PaulKeeble 270 days ago
The price they charged to install a second one, "Business line" made the first one look like a loss leader.
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>"Business line" made the first one look like a loss leader.

That's exactly what it was.

According to monopoly regulation, the vast number of residential phone lines were intended to be subsidized by the lesser number of business lines from the beginning.