The Death of Sprint
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.
How does MF signaling work?
The Connections Museum in Seattle released a new video today called “How does MF Signalling work”.
Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/technology/ann-syrdal-who-helped-give-computers-a-female-voice-dies-at-74.html As a researcher at AT&T, she helped lay the groundwork for modern digital assistants like Siri and Alexa. Dr. Sydral’s research at Bell Labs in speech synthesis was incorporated into AT&T’s Natural Voices, which in 1998 was cutting edge technology. It was later the foundation for the modern Siri… Read more »
A very over simplification on how the old phone system used to work.
A *VERY* over simplification of how the old phone system used 2600 Hz as the key frequency for handing answer supervision and SF (single frequency) dialing. Of course discovered by accident using a “Captain Crunch” whistle that just happened to be at 2600 Hz.
Telephone News coming soon!
This is where you’ll see current events for anything telephone related that I see in the news!