Happy 134th Birthday, Telephone
Mar
10
2010
Happy 134th Birthday, Telephone Comments: 1
Today marks the 134th birthday of the telephone. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell shouted into the phone mouthpiece, “Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you,” [source]. After which, assistant Thomas Watson walked to Alexander and said he heard him.
One hundred and thirty four years is a pretty long time. In the early 1970’s, the cell phone was invented, but didn’t hit the market until 1983 [source]. In the same year, the “first networking protocol used on the ARPANET was the Network Control Program” [source]. However, both the cell phone and the internet didn’t hit mainstream until the early 1990’s.
The telephone was a revolutionary invention in 1876, an accomplishment that will not be forgotten. But, Mr. Reader, come here – I want to show you: If you were using the same transportation system in 1876, you might be driving this:
Our point? Telephone on the Plain Old Telephone Network as we know it is a technology Grandpa. Respect him, but don’t use his gadgets!
Happy 134th Birthday, Telephone!
It's hard to wrap my mind around how much things have changed since the telephone was invented 134 years ago. I work at a telecommunications company and we can do some amazing things with business telephone systems. Multi site networking, fax to e-mail, call routing, and so on are some things that show how far we've come. Let me just say, "Thanks Mr. Bell, for getting us started!"