112 TelepJwne Systems of the Continent of Europe 



SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COPENHAGEN 

 TELEPHONE COMPANY 



1. Intercourse between the subscribers and public telephone 

 stations for the same town or district. A Copenhagen subscriber 

 is entitled to free communication with every other subscriber in 

 the island of Zealand, even when the exchange of which this 

 latter is a member belongs to another company. This means that 

 Korsor (63 miles), Elsinore (34 miles), Slagelse (56 miles), 

 Naestved (57 miles), Praesto (53 miles), Kioge (25 miles), are all 

 covered by the Copenhagen subscription. Conversely, however, 

 subscribers in these and other Zealand towns (most of which are 

 in the hands of local concessionaries) must pay extra for the right 

 to originate communication with Copenhagen. Thus in Korsor, 

 Elsinore, Roskilde, Kioge, Soro, Slagelse, &c., there are three 

 tariffs in operation : (i) for local town communication only ; (2) 

 for communication within the limits of the same county (there 

 are five counties in Zealand) ; and (3) for communication with the 

 capital. The Copenhagen subscribers are at present, pending the 

 completion of the new central station, scattered amongst twelve 

 switch -rooms, four of which are in the town and eight in the 

 suburbs. The number of junction wires which connect these last 

 to the main offices is insufficient to always ensure getting through 

 without waiting, in consideration of which the subscribers whose 

 wires go to the suburban switch-rooms are charged only 5/. us. id. 

 per annum. Apart from having to wait their turn for the junction 

 wires, their privileges are on a par with those of the city subscribers. 

 The liberal policy of the Copenhagen Company receives another 

 demonstration in its treatment of subscribers changing offices or 

 residences, whose telephones are shifted gratis, 



2. Internal trunk communication. This practically extends 

 from Copenhagen to every town and village in Zealand and in the 

 island of Funen. The exchanges in Jutland and in Laland are in 

 communication with each other locally. Funen is connected to 

 Zealand by a cable, twelve miles long, across the Great Belt, 

 between Korsor and Nyborg, which cable touches in passing at 

 the famous island and lighthouse of Sprogo. It is an old tele- 



