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In 1945, forty-five percent of American households had a telephone. [3] By 1957, that number had reached seventy-five percent, [4] and by 1970, over 90 percent. [3] In 2002, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported having a mobile phone. [5] In January 2013, a majority of U.S. survey respondents reported owning a smartphone. [6]
1882: A telephone company—an American Bell Telephone Company affiliate—is set up in Mexico City. 14 May 1883: The Adelaide exchange was opened, with 48 subscribers. [15] 7 September 1883: The Port Adelaide exchange was opened, with 21 subscribers. [15] 4 September 1884: Opening of telephone service between New York and Boston (235 miles). [23]
These made telephones an available and comfortable communication tool for many purposes, and it gave the impetus for the creation of a new industrial sector. The telephone exchange was an idea of the Hungarian engineer Tivadar Puskás (1844–1893) in 1876, while he was working for Thomas Edison on a telegraph exchange.
By 1900, the telegraph had become an integral part of American life, linking people and businesses across the country and around the world. In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. After 1920 it replaced the telegraph as the primary means of communication between cities.
The electric telephone was invented in the 1870s, based on earlier work with harmonic (multi-signal) telegraphs. The first commercial telephone services were set up in 1878 and 1879 on both sides of the Atlantic in the cities of New Haven, Connecticut in the US and London, England in the UK.
Fewer than one-quarter of Americans still have landlines. More than three-quarters of Americans live in homes without landlines: 76% of adults and 87% of children, as of the end of 2023, according ...
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In 1948, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one television while 75 percent did by 1955, [2] and by 1992, 60 percent of all U.S. households received cable television subscriptions. [6] In 1980, 1 percent of U.S. households owned at least one videocassette recorder while 75 percent did by 1992. [2]