![]() The number of landline subscribers had declined from about 15 lakh in 2005 to 6.4 lakh in August 2016, mainly because of the mobile phone boom, migration of the working population from the city and service issues. Ghorai, deputy general manager, marketing and sales, Calcutta Telephones. The city wing of BSNL receives about 8,000 applications every month surrendering landlines, said A.K. ![]() More and more Calcuttans are giving up landlines and many are being forced to jump through hoops to cut the telephone cord. ![]() He had spent as much time disconnecting a phone as it takes some communication satellites to orbit the Earth 2,800 times. On September 6, 174 days later, Mukherjee received a call from BSNL informing him that a cheque refunding the security deposit of Rs 2,280 Dasgupta had made while getting the landline was ready.īy then, Mukherjee had lost count of the number of times he had visited BSNL offices. Since it was not possible for Raja to come to Calcutta frequently, I offered to do the formalities on his behalf," recounted Mukherjee. The 67-year-old Hindusthan Park resident had volunteered to help his Delhi-based relative Raja Dasgupta surrender the landline in his name at his Tiljala home. But surrendering a connection and getting back the security deposit can drag on for half a year. ![]() Three decades ago getting a landline telephone connection in Calcutta would take years.
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