The History of Long Distance Calling

THE HISTORY LONG DISTANCE CALLING The Early Years 6000 BC Drums were used as a form of communication in Asia. 100 mph Messages could travel up to 100 mph! VICTORY!!! 500 BC The Postal system was developed in Ancient Persia In Greece, Pheidippides ran the first "marathon" by running 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message: "Victory!" 200 BC 1167 CE Smoke signals were used along the Great Wall of China A messenger pigeon service was established between Baghdad and Syria. The Telegraph Carrier pigeons were used into the 20th century. 250,000 carrier pigeons were used by the British in World War II! 00 Пг 00 Wireless telegraphy was largely used for maritime JANUARY 11, 1838 communication. Samuel Morse invents the first telegraph. MESSAGES HANDLED BY TELEGRAPH Morse also helped invent the Morse code system. 9.153.111 63.168.000 211.97L000 69.679.000 The last commercial U.S. ship-to-shore telegram message was sent to President Bill Clinton on July 12, 1999. The word "telegraphy" now refers to the long distance transmission of textual messages without physical exchange-that includes email! The Telephone MARCH 10, 1876 АНOY! Alexander Graham Bell makes the first telephone call. Bell recommended telephone users to answering the phone with the word “Ahoy!" The first transcontinental telephone call went from New York to San Francisco. The call was sent through 5 switchboard operators and took 23 minutes to connect. A typical call took 7 minutes to set up. In 1951, the first International direct direct-dial long-distance telephone call took 18 seconds to connect the dialing was introduced after the installation of TAT-1 the TAT-1, the first transatlantic telephone cable, in 1956. call. Long distance toll free telephone numbers became available in 1967 through the Wide Area Telephone Service. By the 1980s, when mobile phones were introduced, these toll free calls could be routed virtually anywhere in the world. The Mobile Generations The earliest "Generation" of OG mobile phones were radio car-phones. HELLO? In 1946, only 3 customers per city could call at the same time! 16 It allowed only 30 minutes of talk time and needed 10 The first mobile phone on a 1G network went on sale in 1983. hours to charge. 26 The "second generation" mobile network was the first digital network. 2006 By 2006 there were 175,000 cell towers in the US. The new "mobile broadband" 36 phones made it possible to stream media at any distance.network. AA 2007 By 2007, there were 19 36 networks in 40 countries. 46 4G changed the game by treating voice calls as streamed audio media. 4G phones were aimed to increase transmission speed for mobile web access, IP telephony, and cloud computing. SATELLITE PHONES The truest "long distance" mobile phone, these phones connect to satellites in orbit around earth and can transmit voice calls anywhere the world. Internet Telephony VolP (Voice-over Internet Protocol) was first invented in 1994. Programs like Skype and Google Talk allow people to make calls through virtual numbers at low rates-or even for free! Virtual numbers are not Virtual numbers were connected to the Public Switch Telephone Network. integrated with computers and smartphones by the mid-2000s. By rerouting they can be sent anywhere in the world without incurring traditional "long distance" charges. Where to Next? As telephone technology moves forward, the definition of "long distance" gets shorter! What do you see as the FUTURE of LONG DISTANCE?