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Re: Video Explaining the Rotary Phone

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From: Quadibloc
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:52
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On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 2:20:02 AM UTC-6, Christian Corti wrote:

> In _1954_ ? Are you serious? How backward was the US at that time?
> Just wondering...

While it is true that automated telephone exchanges were introduced in the 1920s, 
I'm sure that they started in the major cities. That rural areas still used 
operator-assisted calling for local calls up until the 1950s in some cases does 
not strike me as too unbelievable.

John Savard
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