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  2. Landline - Wikipedia

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    A landline ( land line, land-line, main line, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires from the owner's premises also referred to as: POTS, Twisted pair, telephone line or public switched telephone network (PSTN). Landline services are traditionally provided via an analogue copper wire to a telephone exchange.

  3. Timeline of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    1667 to 1875. 1667: Robert Hooke creates an acoustic string telephone that conveys sounds over a taut extended wire by mechanical vibrations. [1] [2] 1844: Innocenzo Manzetti first suggests the idea of an electric "speaking telegraph", or telephone. 1849: Antonio Meucci demonstrates a communicating device to individuals in Havana.

  4. Cordless telephone - Wikipedia

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    A cordless telephone or portable telephone has a portable telephone handset that connects by radio to a base station connected to the public telephone network. The operational range is limited, usually to the same building or within some short distance from the base station. A cordless telephone differs functionally from a mobile telephone in ...

  5. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first U.S. patent for the invention of the telephone in 1876. Elisha Gray, 1876, designed a telephone using a water microphone in Highland Park, Illinois. Tivadar Puskás proposed the telephone switchboard exchange in 1876. Thomas Edison invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone ...

  6. AT&T Wants To Cut the Cord on Your Landline Phone - AOL

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    As Hurricane Sandy was barreling up the Eastern Seaboard, her old, corded, landline phone (which she otherwise kept in a closet) was the only telephone service she had. Smart thinking of her to ...

  7. Still love your landline? Phone service providers are getting ...

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    Phone service providers are getting closer to phasing it out. More people who are still using telephone landlines will soon need to decide if they want to finally hang up on their service. Just ...

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