Rotary phones

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Mermaidman
Phones I'd like to see:
1) Cordless rotary phone
2) Rotary cell phone

Rotary cell phone? Here!

 

[RU482]

I've got one hooked up in my basement

 

[spidey07]

Did you know that by the time you entered the area code you were already connected to the switch serving that area code??? What do you think those rotors did? Just make you wait a few seconds? Same with pulse dialing...each press of the button is setting up the call to the switch that will service your call. Just like the Internet.

c'mon....I want to talk communications!

 

[mchammer]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Did you know that by the time you entered the area code you were already connected to the switch serving that area code??? What do you think those rotors did? Just make you wait a few seconds? Same with pulse dialing...each press of the button is setting up the call to the switch that will service your call. Just like the Internet.

c'mon....I want to talk communications!

Woot. Did you ever go to the AT&T Infoquest when their HQ was in NYC? Bad Ass.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: mchammer
Woot. Did you ever go to the AT&T Infoquest when their HQ was in NYC? Bad Ass.

Nope. I bet it would be pretty amazing. I can't even begin to imagine how big the rotory switches were in NYC. They must have needed a medium sized sky scraper just to hold them all.