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Touch Tone Phones Freed Callers From All That Rotary Dialing
Manage episode 450732694 series 2922787
Today in 1963, AT&T launched the first commercial telephone service where customers could use touch-tone devices instead of rotary dial. It started with just two communities in western Pennsylvania, but of course it spread, way way beyond that. Plus: a couple in southern Australia comes home to find a koala sitting on their floor.
50 years ago, touch-tone phones began a communication revolution (TribLive)
‘Only in Australia’: Couple comes home to find koala in bed (CNN)
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Manage episode 450732694 series 2922787
Today in 1963, AT&T launched the first commercial telephone service where customers could use touch-tone devices instead of rotary dial. It started with just two communities in western Pennsylvania, but of course it spread, way way beyond that. Plus: a couple in southern Australia comes home to find a koala sitting on their floor.
50 years ago, touch-tone phones began a communication revolution (TribLive)
‘Only in Australia’: Couple comes home to find koala in bed (CNN)
Reach out and touch our Patreon page
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support1506 episodes
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