Name: Island Telephone Company promises service expansion after Beaver Island meeting, 1983
Start: 1983-09-12
End: 1985
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1983-09-12 – 1985
Kind: Meeting
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: communicationinfrastructuregovernmentcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

At a September 12, 1983 meeting arranged by Peaine Township, Island Telephone Company owner Vic Shapley promised an expansion plan, faster installations and repairs, and single-party service by mid-1985.

Evidence limits

The Beacon records a public meeting and promises, not a regulatory filing, commission order, service log, or completed upgrade.

Sources

Phone Co. Meeting, Beaver Beacon, October 1983.
Reports that Peaine Township arranged a September 12 meeting about years-long phone-installation delays and ten-party lines; owner Vic Shapley promised a Public Service Commission expansion plan by March 1, 1984, phone installation within a week when requested, repairs within two days, and single-party service for customers by mid-1985. It is a reported promise, not a tariff filing, commission order, service log, or completion record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1983, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held eleven-page October issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the telephone meeting report.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Island Telephone Company promises service expansion after Beaver Island meeting, 1983”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-telephone-service-expansion-promise-1983/, accessed [date], citing Phone Co. Meeting, Beaver Beacon, October 1983. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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