Hackaday

Create A Tiny Telephone Exchange With An Analog Telephone Adapter

An analog telephone adapter (ATA), or FXS gateway, is a device that allows traditional analog phones to be connected to a ...
Hackaday

A Crossbar Telephone Switch Explained

There’s an old adage about waiting hours for a bus only for two to appear at once, and for Hackaday this month we’re pleased to have seen this in a run of analogue telephone projects. Latest among ...
The New York Times

Time-Saving Tips for Using Your Phone as a … Telephone

The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the monthly Tech ...
Juneau Empire

Dialing, cranking and ringing into Juneau’s history as a telephone pioneer in Alaska

Stuart Sliter, 84, says it wasn’t all that hard filling in as a telephone operator as a preteen more than 70 years ago since plugging a cable into the proper place on one of two switchboards simply ...