Talbot Spy

Late-Night Calls with Mom By Katherine Emery General

In the 1980s, when I was raising my children, landline phones were our lifeline. My yellow rotary phone hung on the wall in ...
WYFF

Woman With Dementia Makes Expensive Phone Call

Like many adult children, Kim Karaszewski goes out of her way to protect her elderly mother."Her dementia is rapidly getting worse each day," Karaszewski said. "Thank God she still remembers me."One ...
Globe Gazette

Clear Lake played key role in Iowa telephone history

Clear Lake made history in 1879 when a man named George Frost placed a phone call from the lakeside town to the Cerro Gordo County Courthouse in Mason City. It was the first long-distance phone call ...

Science history: First two-way phone call across outdoor lines made by Alexander Graham Bell — Oct. 9, 1876

On Oct. 9, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made a telephone call to his assistant a few miles away — the first demonstration of ...
Ars Technica

Skype going bye bye, how to make land line calls?

So as we know, Skype is getting nuked in another few weeks. Gotcha for me is, I use it for long distance phone calls. I mean, I 'can' use my mobile phone but that runs a couple usd a minute kinda ...