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1. memorial.bellsystem.com › bellsystem_historyBell System History

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   Directory information was free, the "telephone man" made house calls to fix you phone or wiring for free, and phones were built to last and had real bells (not those wimpy electronic chirpy thingies like today's cheap phones).

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bell_SystemBell System - Wikipedia

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   Bell system telephones and related equipment were made by Western Electric, a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Co. Member telephone companies paid a fixed fraction of their revenues as a license fee to Bell Labs.

3. www.company-histories.com › Ohio-Bell-TelephoneOhio Bell Telephone Company

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   In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell shouted to his colleague through a revolutionary communications device; one year later, Cleveland, Ohio, installed its first telephone.

4. memorial.bellsystem.com › capsule_bell_systemA Capsule History of the Bell System

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   In September, 1921, the Ohio State and Ohio Bell companies were consolidated to form the present Ohio Bell Telephone Company. In July, 1926, Southern Bell assumed the conformation it would hold until 1969 when South Central Bell was split off.

5. www.ogsarchive.org › items › show0025 - The Ohio Story: "The Telephone Comes to Ohio"

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   The story of Alexander Graham Bell and the first telephone call ever made in Ohio in 1877. The first phone was located I in Cleveland at the offices of Messrs. Rhodes and Company, coal dealers.

6. clevelandhistorical.org › items › showOhio Bell Telephone Building - Cleveland Historical

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   In December 1979, the Ohio Bell Telephone Building was having a new $40 million switching system installed. The “Super Switcher” occupied two floors of the building and was designed to route up to 550,000 calls an hour. This was far larger than the previous 60-minute record of 160,000 calls.

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   Who owns Ohio Bell Telephone Company?

   • Ohio Bell Telephone Company, as a part of the Ameritech Corporation, provides local-exchange and limited long-distance telephone communications in Ohio. In the mid-1990s, Ohio Bell was serving about three-fifths of Ohio's residents and maintaining over 3.4 million phone lines in the Cleveland area, the company's home base.

   Ohio Bell Telephone Company -- Company History

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   Who owns Bell Telephone System?

   • Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments and 22 operating companies.

   Bell System | AT&T, Monopoly, Telecommunication | Britannica

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   What happened to Ohio Bell Telephone Company?

   • In September, 1921, the Ohio State and Ohio Bell companies were consolidated to form the present Ohio Bell Telephone Company. In July, 1926, Southern Bell assumed the conformation it would hold until 1969 when South Central Bell was split off. Then, in September, 1927, New Jersey Bell was formed.

   A Capsule History of the Bell System

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   What is the Bell System?

   • The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.

   Bell System - Wikipedia

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8. www.britannica.com › topic › Bell-SystemBell System | AT&T, Monopoly, Telecommunication | Britannica

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   Bell System, a former American telephone system, governed by American Telephone & Telegraph Company (now AT&T Corporation; q.v.) and including Western Electric Company (q.v.), the system’s manufacturer; Bell Laboratories (q.v.), the research and development facility; and other departments