Telephone: The First Hundred Years, Volume 10"The wondrous invention that changed a world and spawned a corporate giant"--Jacket subtitle. |
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... exchange , making possible switched calls among any number of subscribers rather than merely direct connections between two or three . In 1877 a rudimentary exchange - really an extended party line - had con- nected the Capitol Avenue ...
... exchange , making possible switched calls among any number of subscribers rather than merely direct connections between two or three . In 1877 a rudimentary exchange - really an extended party line - had con- nected the Capitol Avenue ...
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... exchange names , it was a radical move , and AT & T approached it gingerly , by degrees . Early in the 1950s , directory listings in sev- eral cities began to appear only by letters rather than by the full exchange name - CR 1-2345 ...
... exchange names , it was a radical move , and AT & T approached it gingerly , by degrees . Early in the 1950s , directory listings in sev- eral cities began to appear only by letters rather than by the full exchange name - CR 1-2345 ...
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... exchange name , dating from 1879 ; its BEekman and RHinelander , named for old local families ; its MUrray Hill and ... exchanges while letting old ones continue to be designated by letters . San Francisco still had its KL , YU , and SU ...
... exchange name , dating from 1879 ; its BEekman and RHinelander , named for old local families ; its MUrray Hill and ... exchanges while letting old ones continue to be designated by letters . San Francisco still had its KL , YU , and SU ...
Contents
The Colossus of Talk | 3 |
Beginnings | 35 |
Through the Valley | 59 |
Copyright | |
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