Telephone History and Trivia

Telephoneuuuuuw HISTORY AND TRIVIA. INFOGRAPHIC Did you know that ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL proposed the telephone greeting should be Ahoy? LEARN THIS AND MORE IN THIS INFOGRAPHIC The term "Telephone" is derived from the Greek, meaning "Far-off sound" Source: American Heritage Dictionary The very first words spoken into a telephone were: Bell called Watson, who was his assistant, after accidentally spilling a beaker of acid on his leg. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." Source: Toronto Star AREA CODES The first area code was 201 since this is where the first phone company set roots. Area codes were created with the rotary phones in mind, so large cities were given numbers near the beginning of the dial with New York getting 212 and LA with 213 NY 212 Source: Bergen County Record LA 213 NJ 201 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1847 - 1922 After Alexander Graham Bell passed away, during his funeral, on August 4, 1922, telephone service nationwide was suspended for 1 minute. Source: Washington Post Ahoy vs. Hello Adla VS. Alexander Graham Bell proposed the telephone greeting should be “Ahoy", and some early phone users pushed for the greeting to be "What is wanted?". But "Hello", which was invented by Thomas Eddison, eventually won out and was added to the Oxford English dictionary in 1883. Source: New York Times Another inventor Elisha Gray had invented a telephone-like device months before Bell did, but waited with to patent it, in hopes of improving the device. When Gray finally got around to patenting his invention, he found out that exactly 2 hours earlier, Bell had patented his. Huurdeman, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications CT 1878 New Haven, Connecticut was the first town to print a telephone book in 1878 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. OFFICE eS CHAPEL STREET February 21, 1878. 0. A. DORMANs. Rew Haren Distrit felptone fiapay. The List of subscribers was a single-page directory with 50 locals on it. The locals that got a phone book would have to dial an operator then ask for parties by name. u Faturi d SEW HAYES VOUR CO Rey. J0HN E TODD. J. . CARRING a A Mold a EART& On Be Blng www.w. Omoe Ater March let, this Oienw be ocen all siga Source: Wisconsin State Journal AER SALD, Y Sw n Irom 6A M vRA M MV. TYLER, law The telephone number was invented by Dr. Moses Parker in 1879. 1879 During an outbreak of measles Dr. Parker was concerned that the replacement operators that were filling in for the sick ones would not know which people were associated with the several hundred jacks that needed to be patched. Source: Grigonis, Voice Over DSL The first Yellow Pages were printed in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1883. The pages ended up being yellow because it was the ONLY PAPER COLOR AVAILABLE. Source: Hartford Couran 1900 In 1900, the first overseas call was successfully made from Key West to Havana and the first words uttered were 'l don't understand you!. The signal was such poor quality that Havana couldn't respond with anything else. Key West, FL. USA Havana. CUBA Source: Palm Beach Post TO CENTRAL OFFICE 14. 1970 VCA VCA VMS 16 Voice mail was invented in 1970 by Gordon Matthews who got overwhelmed by endless call memo slips from his secretary. 16 14 Source: Toronto Star CENTRAL OFFICE 1973 The first cell phone call was made April 3, 1973 from a "mobile" phone that weighed 2 pounds. Martin Cooper (a Motorola VP), called a competitor at Bell Laboratories to tell them that he was calling from a sidewalk. Source: wireless week and NPR's Morning Edition "The number you have dialed is not in service' This famous message was recoded by singer and voice actor JANE BARBE. The recording is heard by an estimated 40 million people a day. Source: New York Times SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 was the busiest day ever recorded for long-distance calls in history. 431 million calls were placed (that's 101 million more than the previous record). Source: Associated Press Busiest Saudi Arabia Calling holiday of the year is Mother's Day Busiest Collect- 'On hold' music is banned by Saudi Arabia's Islamic Court. Calling holiday of the year has historically always been Father's Day Source for the whole collection of facts: Grobman, Vital Statistics infiniwiz posters.co Telephoneuuuuuw HISTORY AND TRIVIA. INFOGRAPHIC Did you know that ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL proposed the telephone greeting should be Ahoy? LEARN THIS AND MORE IN THIS INFOGRAPHIC The term "Telephone" is derived from the Greek, meaning "Far-off sound" Source: American Heritage Dictionary The very first words spoken into a telephone were: Bell called Watson, who was his assistant, after accidentally spilling a beaker of acid on his leg. "Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you." Source: Toronto Star AREA CODES The first area code was 201 since this is where the first phone company set roots. Area codes were created with the rotary phones in mind, so large cities were given numbers near the beginning of the dial with New York getting 212 and LA with 213 NY 212 Source: Bergen County Record LA 213 NJ 201 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1847 - 1922 After Alexander Graham Bell passed away, during his funeral, on August 4, 1922, telephone service nationwide was suspended for 1 minute. Source: Washington Post Ahoy vs. Hello Adla VS. Alexander Graham Bell proposed the telephone greeting should be “Ahoy", and some early phone users pushed for the greeting to be "What is wanted?". But "Hello", which was invented by Thomas Eddison, eventually won out and was added to the Oxford English dictionary in 1883. Source: New York Times Another inventor Elisha Gray had invented a telephone-like device months before Bell did, but waited with to patent it, in hopes of improving the device. When Gray finally got around to patenting his invention, he found out that exactly 2 hours earlier, Bell had patented his. Huurdeman, The Worldwide History of Telecommunications CT 1878 New Haven, Connecticut was the first town to print a telephone book in 1878 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. OFFICE eS CHAPEL STREET February 21, 1878. 0. A. DORMANs. Rew Haren Distrit felptone fiapay. The List of subscribers was a single-page directory with 50 locals on it. The locals that got a phone book would have to dial an operator then ask for parties by name. u Faturi d SEW HAYES VOUR CO Rey. J0HN E TODD. J. . CARRING a A Mold a EART& On Be Blng www.w. Omoe Ater March let, this Oienw be ocen all siga Source: Wisconsin State Journal AER SALD, Y Sw n Irom 6A M vRA M MV. TYLER, law The telephone number was invented by Dr. Moses Parker in 1879. 1879 During an outbreak of measles Dr. Parker was concerned that the replacement operators that were filling in for the sick ones would not know which people were associated with the several hundred jacks that needed to be patched. Source: Grigonis, Voice Over DSL The first Yellow Pages were printed in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1883. The pages ended up being yellow because it was the ONLY PAPER COLOR AVAILABLE. Source: Hartford Couran 1900 In 1900, the first overseas call was successfully made from Key West to Havana and the first words uttered were 'l don't understand you!. The signal was such poor quality that Havana couldn't respond with anything else. Key West, FL. USA Havana. CUBA Source: Palm Beach Post TO CENTRAL OFFICE 14. 1970 VCA VCA VMS 16 Voice mail was invented in 1970 by Gordon Matthews who got overwhelmed by endless call memo slips from his secretary. 16 14 Source: Toronto Star CENTRAL OFFICE 1973 The first cell phone call was made April 3, 1973 from a "mobile" phone that weighed 2 pounds. Martin Cooper (a Motorola VP), called a competitor at Bell Laboratories to tell them that he was calling from a sidewalk. Source: wireless week and NPR's Morning Edition "The number you have dialed is not in service' This famous message was recoded by singer and voice actor JANE BARBE. The recording is heard by an estimated 40 million people a day. Source: New York Times SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 was the busiest day ever recorded for long-distance calls in history. 431 million calls were placed (that's 101 million more than the previous record). Source: Associated Press Busiest Saudi Arabia Calling holiday of the year is Mother's Day Busiest Collect- 'On hold' music is banned by Saudi Arabia's Islamic Court. Calling holiday of the year has historically always been Father's Day Source for the whole collection of facts: Grobman, Vital Statistics infiniwiz posters.co