Domestic terrorism hits the main downtown AT&T central office in Nashville, TN – knocking out communications for a good portion of town. Link to news article

Some updates to the site as we continue our transition from our old site to this one: The pages for Cellular Phone History have been completed. The section discusses pre-cellular (with MTS and IMTS), AMPS, 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G. Check out the section at the Cellular Phone History… Read more…

More name changes and more confusion on the telecom front. CenturyLink (formerly CenturyTel, Embarq, Sprint, United Telephone, Qwest, US West, and a number of Baby Bells) is now called Lumen technologies, effective Sept. 18, 2020. https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8524356-centurylink-rebrands-as-lumen/ They will continue to market their residential and small business services as CenturyLink, but… Read more…

Nice website that talks about Princess phone history: https://clickamericana.com/topics/home-garden/vintage-princess-phones-the-popular-compact-color-telephones-with-a-lit-rotary-dial  

The Death of Sprint – once a force to be beckoned with, is now history. A good synopsis can be found here: https://blog.telegeography.com/sprint-reaches-the-finish-line-the-rise-and-fall-of-an-american-telco Eventually I’ll get around to writing a page about this history and demise of Sprint. That may take a while. But it is on my To-Do list. Read more…