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cloud_ctrl · 4117 days ago · link · · parent · post: Before Maw Bell - Rural Telephone Systems in the West
I always thought it was "Ma Bell" as in "Mother Bell". "Maw" makes it sounds like a cavernous toothy mouth intent on devouring everything in its path, which on reflection actually seems curiously appropriate.