Bell Telephone System 1957
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Bell Telephone System 1959
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North Ericofon 1960
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Bell System 1966
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Bell System 1929
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Bell Telephone System 1957
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Western Electric 1950
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Western Electric 1962
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Bell Telephone System 1957
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Just watched an interesting documentary on the rise and fall of Nokia. I remember early in my career in cellular (1992-5 ish) Nokia were the slightly weird slightly off-brand phones (there were weirder, certainly, but not the normal Motorola of the day) which we used when we couldn't get Motorola. (The weirdest were a shipment of Mitsubishi bagphones we got when Motorola couldn't fulfill their order due to a problem with the...bags).
Found out from the documentary the history of the NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) standard which was the early precursor of GSM (and was how Nokia got it's start). It extended my understanding of the cooperation within Europe was able to get the EU interoperability under a different path than we had in North America.
Found out from the documentary the history of the NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) standard which was the early precursor of GSM (and was how Nokia got it's start). It extended my understanding of the cooperation within Europe was able to get the EU interoperability under a different path than we had in North America.
Bell Telephone System 1959
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Bell Telephone System 1963
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General Telephone & Electronics 1961
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Bell Telephone System 1961
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Bell Telephone 1983
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Remember when there used to be really nice, spacious telephone booths with a comfortable seat and some even had fans to keep the booth from being stuffy? These “Deluxe” phone booths were usually located in office building lobby's, hotels, better restaurants, airports, bars and telephone company office buildings.
When I first left home at 19 in ‘70 I couldn’t afford a telephone of my own for the first year. I used to call home every week from the pay phone located outside the Pacific Telephone building on Liberty St. in Petaluma, Calif. They had two nice quiet booths in front of the building with seats, a fan and doors that closed tightly for privacy and quiet. The call home used to cost 45 cents for 3 mins., and this was a call that was only 45 miles away. We’ve become spoiled these days when almost every call is toll free with VOIP or cell phones. Back in the old days long distance calls cost plenty!
When I was an Operator for PT&T in the mid 70’s these pay phone calls used to keep operators VERY busy at our cord switchboards. Now phone booths and pay phones are as scarce as hens teeth.
Eddie
Remember when there used to be really nice, spacious telephone booths with a comfortable seat and some even had fans to keep the booth from being stuffy? These “Deluxe” phone booths were usually located in office building lobby's, hotels, better restaurants, airports, bars and telephone company office buildings.
When I first left home at 19 in ‘70 I couldn’t afford a telephone of my own for the first year. I used to call home every week from the pay phone located outside the Pacific Telephone building on Liberty St. in Petaluma, Calif. They had two nice quiet booths in front of the building with seats, a fan and doors that closed tightly for privacy and quiet. The call home used to cost 45 cents for 3 mins., and this was a call that was only 45 miles away. We’ve become spoiled these days when almost every call is toll free with VOIP or cell phones. Back in the old days long distance calls cost plenty!
When I was an Operator for PT&T in the mid 70’s these pay phone calls used to keep operators VERY busy at our cord switchboards. Now phone booths and pay phones are as scarce as hens teeth.
Eddie
Beetie Bellmann (BT) - London Area Code Change Snobbery
I'm sure she's featured on this thread before, but this is Beatrice (Beetie) Bellman, a fictional character played by Maureen Lipman, who represented BT (British Telecom) in the 1980s and 90s.
She's accompanied by the one and only Miriam Margolyes.
Here's a rather Hyacinth Bucket like advert, where she gets rather put out by having an 'Outer London' number after the area code split from (01) to 071 (Inner) and 081 (Outer) London
London Area codes went through several changes in quite quick succession in the 1990s:
1958-1990: London was simply (01) + 7 digital local numbers.
1990-1995: Split into (071) 'Central' and (081) 'Outer'
1995-2000: Changed to (0171) and (0818)
2000: Changed to (020) with 8-digit local numbers.
I'm sure she's featured on this thread before, but this is Beatrice (Beetie) Bellman, a fictional character played by Maureen Lipman, who represented BT (British Telecom) in the 1980s and 90s.
She's accompanied by the one and only Miriam Margolyes.
Here's a rather Hyacinth Bucket like advert, where she gets rather put out by having an 'Outer London' number after the area code split from (01) to 071 (Inner) and 081 (Outer) London
London Area codes went through several changes in quite quick succession in the 1990s:
1958-1990: London was simply (01) + 7 digital local numbers.
1990-1995: Split into (071) 'Central' and (081) 'Outer'
1995-2000: Changed to (0171) and (0818)
2000: Changed to (020) with 8-digit local numbers.
AT&T Request that CPUC Allow Elimination of Landlines
Last night on the news there was a story about AT&T’s request to the CPUC that they be released from the obligation to provide landline service in California.
This is a terrible blow for anyone living in the many rural areas of California that don’t have any cell phone service. In Sonoma Co. where I grew up on the Northern Coast there are many areas that are dead zones for cell phone service. The home that I grew up in doesn’t receive a reliable signal for cell phone service. As far as I know there is no cable TV service where I grew up and I suspect that most of the areas affected by this proposed change are also without cable TV service, so VOIP isn’t going to be an option either. Just what are these folks supposed to do in an emergency? As far as AT&Tis concerned they can eat excrement and die. And you can bet your bottom dollar that just like every other request that the CPUC receives from AT&T or any other utility company this is already a done deal before they even have a hearing or vote about the request.
When I worked for PT&T in the mid 70’s the customer was king, not anymore.
Eddie
Last night on the news there was a story about AT&T’s request to the CPUC that they be released from the obligation to provide landline service in California.
This is a terrible blow for anyone living in the many rural areas of California that don’t have any cell phone service. In Sonoma Co. where I grew up on the Northern Coast there are many areas that are dead zones for cell phone service. The home that I grew up in doesn’t receive a reliable signal for cell phone service. As far as I know there is no cable TV service where I grew up and I suspect that most of the areas affected by this proposed change are also without cable TV service, so VOIP isn’t going to be an option either. Just what are these folks supposed to do in an emergency? As far as AT&Tis concerned they can eat excrement and die. And you can bet your bottom dollar that just like every other request that the CPUC receives from AT&T or any other utility company this is already a done deal before they even have a hearing or vote about the request.
When I worked for PT&T in the mid 70’s the customer was king, not anymore.
Eddie
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If the don’t adequately regulate it, rural customers will end up being cut off. I don’t know why politicians seem to imagine commercial operators are going to provide loss making services.
Either you regulate it ensure it happens and the costs get spread, or you subsidise it.
If you do neither, you end up with areas with no telecommunication services, which in 2024 is as seeious as having areas without electricity. It’s really going to make those communities unviable.
Either you regulate it ensure it happens and the costs get spread, or you subsidise it.
If you do neither, you end up with areas with no telecommunication services, which in 2024 is as seeious as having areas without electricity. It’s really going to make those communities unviable.
