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Celebrating 100 years since the first transcontinental phone call was completed

article published on 25 January, 2015

Flying way under the radar today is the 100th anniversary of a major historical event: the first ever transcontinental phone call being completed. On January 25th, 1915 a four-way call was made "between Alexander Graham Bell in New York; his assistant, Thomas Watson, in San Francisco; President Woodrow Wilson in Washington, DC; and Theodore Vail, President of American Telephone and Telegraph ... [ read the full article ]

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aw2600
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I love how Bell wanted to use "Ahoy" as the standard greeting when answering the phone. To me, it just sounds too nautical. At least "Hello" is better than the teens that answer with "Yo".
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