Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...
AT&T Inc. announced that it would end directory assistance for its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) customers. Traditional landline customers will still be able to access directory assistance. "We ...
The rise of generative AI — and ChatGPT in particular — has raised a lot of alarm bells in some industries worried that the technology could make many humans’ jobs obsolete. And those concerns are ...
Marie Scott vividly recalls the horrifying sounds of D-Day as she relayed orders down the line to the troops storming the Normandy beaches. She was only 17 and one of nine women transmitting critical ...
As Peter Amstein squeezes through a warren of equipment racks draped with wire and crammed with whirring machines, he offers a cheerful warning. "There are exposed electrical terminals, probably ...
Not long after Alexander Graham Bell received a United States patent in 1877 for what we now know as the telephone, it became clear that this device would prove very useful, both for business and even ...
This program begins with the installation of the first telephone system in NH in 1878. This program begins with the installation of the first telephone system in NH in 1878 and ends when the last ...
A reunion of Maine switchboard operators highlights the challenges of making a phone call more than 50 years ago and what it was like to handle... Telephone operators of another era gather to ...