Monday, November 18, 2013

Sorry, Wrong Number

50 yrs. ago today, Touch-Tone dialing was introduced to these United Snakes by the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. in two towns in Pennsylvania, Carnegie and Greensburg.

3 comments:

Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Funny how long the rotary dial phones stuck around.

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

I'd like to take this moment to state:

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2) I also don't like google's fascist email diktats.
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M. Bouffant said...

Pulse Editor:
Ma Bell was in no hurry, at least in SoCal. The singular we didn't have Touch-Tone until the late '70s or the early '80s, & then only because we'd had to call Pacific Bell & the repairman asked if we wanted Touch-Tone while he was there.

Course that's the only time we can remember having to call them because the line was dead, but that could still be a coincidence.

Shouldn't we all start a Goo-glay++ "hangout?" And, like, hang out?