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2. Landline - Wikipedia

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   Retrieved 12 October 2019. A landline (land line, land-line, main line, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS, Twisted pair, telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN). Landline services are traditionally provided via an analogue copper wire ...

3. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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   Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone ...

4. History of the telephone in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The telephone played a major communications role in American history from the 1876 publication of its first patent by Alexander Graham Bell onward. In the 20th century the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) dominated the telecommunication market as the at times largest company in the world, until it was broken up and replaced by a system of competitors.

5. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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   1667 to 1875. 1667: Robert Hooke creates an acoustic string telephone that conveys sounds over a taut extended wire by mechanical vibrations. [1][2] 1844: Innocenzo Manzetti first suggests the idea of an electric "speaking telegraph", or telephone. 1849: Antonio Meucci demonstrates a communicating device to individuals in Havana.

6. Plain old telephone service - Wikipedia

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   Plain old telephone service. Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), or Plain Ordinary Telephone System, [1] is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops. Originally POTS stood for Post Office Telephone Service as early phone lines in most parts of the world were operated directly by the ...

7. Still love your landline? Phone service providers are getting ...

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   Phone service providers are getting closer to phasing it out. More people who are still using telephone landlines will soon need to decide if they want to finally hang up on their service. Just ...