06-27-2023, 02:32 PM
(06-27-2023, 02:25 PM)user328 Wrote: Bell System customers used to complain about having to use their own electricity to power the miniature dial lamps in those Princess phones. lol
They also complained about the high cost of long distance calling. If you wanted to talk to yer mom in another state, you'd wait till late in the evening when the rates were cheaper.
I don't think people really understood why it cost so much. Building all that extremely complex, extremely durable equipment. Maintaining millions of miles of wires. Inventing the laser, the transistor, Unix, etc. The cheap voice and data we have now wouldn't be possible without all that.
