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On This Day in Telephone History April 2ND 1879

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On This Day in Telephone History April 2ND 1879 First Telephone Exchange in Rhode Island opened in Providence. Also On This Day And Year: The district telephone company of new haven, Predecessor of southern New England Telephone (SNET), Purchased two private wire lines between Springfield and Holyoke, ma., Where it then operated exchanges. Conversion of these lines to toll service a few days later placed them among the earliest commercial telephone toll lines in the east. The distance covered was about 8 miles.

On This Day in Telephone History April 2ND 1879 First Telephone Exchange in Rhode Island opened in Providence. Also On This Day And Year, The District Telephone Company of New Haven, Predecessor of Southern New England Telephone (SNET), Purchased two private wire lines between Springfield and Holyoke, ma., Where it then operated exchanges. Conversion of … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History April 1ST all this Telephone Stuff Happened

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On This Day in Telephone History April 1ST all this telephone stuff happened: 1871 Alexander Graham Bell, substituting for his father, commenced a series of lectures to teach the deaf to use Visible Speech in forming words at "Sarah Fuller's school“ otherwise the Boston School for the Deaf, 11 Pemberton Square. At this time, he met Gardiner Greene Hubbard. 1906 First telephone directory featuring classified business advertising on yellow pages issued at Detroit by the Michigan State Telephone Company. 1954 World War II excise taxes on telephones reduced. 1960 TIROS I, television-equipped meteorological satellite, placed in orbit. This first robot space weatherman was directed into orbit by the Bell Laboratories command guidance system. 1963 Deep-sea telephone cable between Jamaica, WI, and the Panama Canal Zone placed in service.

On This Day in Telephone History April 1ST all this Telephone Stuff happened: 1871 Alexander Graham Bell, substituting for his father, commenced a series of lectures to teach the deaf to use Visible Speech in forming words at “Sarah Fuller’s school“ otherwise the Boston School for the Deaf, 11 Pemberton Square. At this time, he … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History March 30TH 196

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On This Day in Telephone History March 30TH 1967 SEACOM opens to the public. An alternate telephone communications route between the United States, Australia and other Pacific points was provided with the opening of Southeast Asia Commonwealth cable (SEACOM) between Guam and Cairns, Australia, by the way of New Guinea. Long Lines had rights to use one-half of the 160 circuit cable, a British Commonwealth facility.

On This Day in Telephone History March 30TH 1967 SEACOM opens to the public. An alternate telephone communications route between the United States, Australia and other Pacific points was provided with the opening of Southeast Asia Commonwealth cable (SEACOM) between Guam and Cairns, Australia, by the way of New Guinea. Long Lines had rights to … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History March 29TH 1872

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On This Day in Telephone History March 29TH 1872 the firm of Gray and Barton became Western Electric Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, through consolidation with another of the Western Union Telegraph Company's shops. The Company began in 1869 as the firm of Gray and Barton. Its founders were Elisha Gray, a college professor with an inventive turn of mind; Enos Barton, a former Western Union telegrapher; and General Anson Stager, vice-president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. By 1872 the firm had grown into the $300,000 Western Electric Manufacturing Company.

  On This Day in Telephone History March 29TH 1872 the firm of Gray and Barton became Western Electric Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, through consolidation with another of the Western Union Telegraph Company’s shops. The Company began in 1869 as the firm of Gray and Barton. Its founders were Elisha Gray, a college professor with … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928

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On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928 Transatlantic telephone service opened from the United States to Paris, France. The transatlantic connection between the United States and Paris recalls the fact that thirteen years earlier, in 1915, the first words spoken by human voice to be heard across the Atlantic were received at Eiffel Tower, Paris, from experimental Bell Systems apparatus at the United States Naval Radio Station in Arlington, VA.

On This Day in Telephone History March 28TH 1928 Transatlantic Telephone Service opened from the United States to Paris, France. The transatlantic connection between the United States and Paris recalls the fact that thirteen years earlier, in 1915, the first words spoken by human voice to be heard across the Atlantic were received at Eiffel … Read more

On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1884

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On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1884 The first successful long distance conversation between Boston and New York after Watson and Bell's test on April 3RD 1877. It took place over a telephone circuit of two hard-drawn copper #12 wires. This line was regarded as an experiment, sponsored by the American Bell Company and built by companies along the route - a great part of the work being done by the Southern New England Telephone Company. The line worked for approximately 90 minutes before a cable failed at a river crossing. It took several months to solve as well as other technical difficulties. This was the first large-scale use of hard drawn copper wire. This initial work and the accumulated test records pointed the way to successful long distance service.

On This Day in Telephone History March 27TH 1884 The First Successful Long Distance Conversation between Boston and New York. It took place over a telephone circuit of two hard-drawn copper #12 wires. This line was regarded as an experiment, sponsored by the American Bell Company and built by companies along the route – a … Read more