. Bell telephone magazine . r special equipment, and the* ijovernment frequently looks to Bell Lab-* i)ratories to develop the new devices and^ 1,0 Western Electric to make them. Botht iiave been deeply engaged in the task of^ ;ielping the government bring into being • ^he two new common-user These two networks—AUTO VON .(Automatic Voice Network) and FTSi( Federal Telecommunications System ) • —are already the largest private line net- • works in the world, and they are still: ^rowing. By 1970 they conceivably could fiave nearly 100,000 circuits between ;hem, which is approximately


. Bell telephone magazine . r special equipment, and the* ijovernment frequently looks to Bell Lab-* i)ratories to develop the new devices and^ 1,0 Western Electric to make them. Botht iiave been deeply engaged in the task of^ ;ielping the government bring into being • ^he two new common-user These two networks—AUTO VON .(Automatic Voice Network) and FTSi( Federal Telecommunications System ) • —are already the largest private line net- • works in the world, and they are still: ^rowing. By 1970 they conceivably could fiave nearly 100,000 circuits between ;hem, which is approximately the total iiumber of Long Lines telephone circuitsiin use last year for public long distancetservice. • AUTOVON, which was built for themilitary, will be the larger of the Army, Navy and Air Force instal-ilations in the continental United States■and Hawaii have access to it now. Telephone status rooms take fast action to correct any trouble on military circuits. Wall panels represent defense


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