On This Day in Telephone History July 7TH 1880 the Inter State Telephone Company was incorporated to set up the first commercial long distance telephone line to be built between Boston and Providence RI and planned to reach New York and beyond. This was the early beginnings of AT&T Long Lines.

On This Day in Telephone History July 7TH 1880

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On This Day in Telephone History July 7TH 1880 the Inter State Telephone Company was incorporated to set up the First Commercial Long Distance Telephone Line to be built between Boston and Providence RI and planned to reach New York and beyond. This was the early beginnings of AT&T Long Lines.

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