It’s a common enough Hollywood trope that we’ve all probably seen it: the general, chest bespangled with medals and ribbons, gazes at a big screen swarming with the phosphor traces of incoming ICBMs, ...

The People's Network: The Political Economy of the Telephone in the Gilded Age, by Robert MacDougall, University of Pennsylvania Press, 344 pages, $55 Since the early days of the telegraph, North ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...

Editorial Note: We earn a commission from partner links on Forbes Advisor. Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. A private branch exchange (PBX) is a telephone system that ...

Before Ma Bell came to town, and long before DSL, it was barbed wire, of all things, that brought rural communities together. A Sears telephone hooked up to barbed wire—miles of which were already ...

This guide was reviewed by a Business News Daily editor to ensure it provides comprehensive and accurate information to aid your buying decision. Even for most microbusinesses, a single phone line isn ...

As Peter Amstein squeezes through a warren of equipment racks draped with wire and crammed with whirring machines, he offers a cheerful warning. "There are exposed electrical terminals, probably ...

For the first 100 years of the telephone business, all telephone circuits were analog. They were designed around the characteristics and problems of analog current and were maximized for that use.

Is the PSTN Still in Use? Yes, but There Are Better Options Your email has been sent Explore the ongoing use of the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and ...

Are America's telephone networks privately owned or do they belong to the government? The question seems an odd one. From the time of Alexander Graham Bell, the vast majority of U.S. telephone ...