On occasion (or when we have time), we will add or change something here at Telephone World. Here is a listing of significant changes.
This Is A Recording is now part of Telephone World
May 10, 2025May 9, 2025 - Long time website This Is a Recording (originally by Jennifer Martino) is now owned and operated by Telephone World. We thank Jenn for her hard efforts in running the site for many years. We wish to continue the tradition for many more years to come. If you wish to visit the newly renovated site - please visit This Is a Recording.
Read MorePhil McCarter’s collection to be preserved at new museum in Denver
March 14, 2025A Visit to the Ellsworth Telephone Museum – October 2024
November 9, 2024
In October 2024, I had the opportunity to visit The Telephone Museum in Ellsworth, Maine. This museum had so much to see! It features many different kinds of telephones, manual cordboards, several Step by Step switches, several All-Relay switches - and finally an entire #3 crossbar switch and a partial #5 crossbar switch. This is a place that a telephone enthusiast must visit at least once in their life. There is a long write-up on my visit, plenty of photos, and also plenty of videos! Please visit the Ellsworth, ME Telephone Museum section
Read MorePreserving a #5ESS Switch for Posterity
June 19, 2023
In June 2023, Telephone World was invited to participate in preserving a small #5ESS switch at a rural telephone company for posterity. This was no small feat as you can imagine! Check out the Preserving a #5ESS Switch for all the details and a TON of pictures!
Read MoreThe Beginning of the End of AT&T Operators Started in 1992
October 4, 2021It's hard to imagine almost 30 years ago that the first Interactive Voice Response (IVR) systems were coming online to eventually replace operators. In fact, AT&T no longer has an operators. At all! They got rid of them several years ago. This video came out in October 2021, but it was recorded back in 1992. So take a look to see the beginning of the end.
Read MoreNew Section – Various Virginia Telephone Recordings
May 24, 2021Thanks to a contribution from a visitor, we have a new section - Various Virginia Telephone Recordings! Check it out!
Read MoreThe UK Speaking Clock
April 27, 2021A great video on the UK Speaking Clock and its history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVeMNrwRO-A
Read MoreThe Old Days -Talkable Busy Signals
April 6, 2021Evan Doorbell is mentioned in an article about talkable busy signals back in the old days where impromptu conferences were found.
Read MoreSite Updates – January 2021
January 31, 2021We've just completed our move to the new site. We're making updates and additions as we go!
Many more things will be added to the site as we go along. I've been keeping a lot of things in storage waiting to develop a new site to hold them all. That time is just about here.
Enjoy the new site!
Read MoreSite Updates – November 2020
December 13, 2020Some 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 section page.
Read MoreSite updates – August 2020
August 22, 2020Progress is being made with site updates, migrating the old site to the new one, and also adding new content.
Updates include the Links of Interest page and the Stories pages.
Read MoreWebsite (re)construction in progress
August 16, 2020Welcome to the new Telephone World! We are making a brand new site from scratch. If you were a user at the old site, you'll see most of that site being recreated here, and new things added. LOTS of updates need to be made! So hold tight while the old site is being migrated over, page by page! Thanks!
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