"With a telephone and a wife a man ought to hear all that's going on!"
Danbury News, August 1877
The telephone system has been around for more than a 130 years. and the basic service it provides has not changed - it allows people to talk to one another across any distance.
But over time certain improvements have been made.
 | Long distance calls are far cheaper now thanks to satellite systems and fibre optic cables being laid across the ocean floors that can handle tens of thousands of calls. |
| It has become automated (computerised) - the 'operator' used to be a vital part of the chain for making non-local calls. There is still an operator available, but normally they are called upon to do non-standard services such as 'reverse-charging'. |
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 Computerised exchange |
| You can make a call from almost anywhere because you can connect to
the system in many ways:- 'Landline' standard telephone Payphones Mobile Phones Through the internet Aircraft Ships |
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