I would file this under abuse of the elderly if the phone wasn't such a bargain. This classic 1952 beauty features rotary dialing with distinctive retro gold styling. It only cost Harmon, Maine resident Lloyd Overlock $4.42 a month! Thanks to AT&T for keeping the price so damn affordable.
From The Bangor Daily News:
Written by DignanWayne Jortner, an attorney with the Maine Public Advocate’s Office, said Friday that Overlock’s situation is not unique. Before 1984, when a federal court determined that AT&T’s lock on the nation’s telephone industry constituted an illegal monopoly, most consumers were required to lease their phones, he said. The forced restructuring of the industry included opening up the manufacturing of telephones, and people began purchasing their own instruments.
