A great video on the UK Speaking Clock and its history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVeMNrwRO-A
The UK Speaking Clock
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Telephone News
The Old Days -Talkable Busy Signals
Evan Doorbell is mentioned in an article about talkable busy signals back in the old days where impromptu conferences were found. https://onezero.medium.com/the-prototype-for-clubhouse-is-40-years-old-and-it-was-built-by-phone-hackers-71389d117cad
AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart
Imagine that. Verizon as well. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/att-raised-phone-prices-153-as-service-got-steadily-worse-report-finds/
Fun with a Number 5 Crossbar and trouble cards!
The Connections Museum in Seattle finally got their trouble card machine on their #5XB to work again. Fun with trouble cards! https://twitter.com/i/status/1349535360477347841
AT&T Central Office in Downtown Nashville is bombed on Christmas Day
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
CenturyLink is now Lumen Technologies
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....
Vintage Princess Phones
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
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...