Connecting Long Distance Calls, Then And Now
© Unhindered by Talent
While I was hunting around on the Bell System Memorial site the other day, I ran across this audio file that demonstrates how long it took in the 1940s to connect a call from Los Angeles to Murphy, Idaho. Time from the initial dial to a connection on the other end? Nearly two minutes, and listen to how many people it took to connect that call!
I pretty much take it for granted these days that calling someone else, be it on Skype, my mobile phone, or some VoIP provider, that zero humans are involved in connecting my call. In fact, with point-to-point calling, calls are connected in just a few seconds!
See full article.
Related Entries:
Unlimited Local and Long Distance Calls from OPEX - 28 September 2006
The Long Distance Online Relationship - 25 September 2007
Sponsored Post: Make Cheap Calls Worldwide with cellity worldCALL - 07 November 2007
How Cheap Calls Have Gotten - 25 April 2008
Contents of this feed are a property of Creative Weblogging Limited and are protected by copyright laws. Violations will be prosecuted. Please email us if you’d like to use this feed for non-commercial activities at feeds - at - creative-weblogging.com.