LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - DECEMBER 03, 2023 Ask me about the 100% Money Back Guarantee! NOW is the BEST time to BUY with the interest rates at their lowest! Don't wait to BUY! Call Linda Beaumont for all your real estate needs. Linda Beaumont Cell (716) 474-0040 Licensed Real Estate Salesperson Multi-MillionDollar Producer 570 East Main Batavia, NY 14020 dial. In the 1920s the Western Electric candlestick was modified with a cradle and a handset with both a receiver and a transmitter as well as a rotary dial. The push-button electronic “Touch Tone” phone was introduced in the 1960s, but it would be several years before it was commercially available. It was not so long ago when there were “party lines.” It was cheaper to have a party line with several people on the same line than have a private line. When you picked up the phone, someone might be on the line and you would have to wait until the line was free, or you could listen in on the conversation. Conversely, your neighbors could listen in on your conversations. The history of the telephone has to include the cellular (cell) phone which was invented in 1973. The idea of creating low-power broadcast towers was proposed to the Federal Communications Commission five years earlier in 1968 by AT&T and Bell Labs. I can remember when we saw the first cell towers going up and then it seemed like there were cell towers all over to provide wireless service. With that in mind, there are a few places in LeRoy where the cell service is weak and I know that the folks in Wyoming County have had problems. Here’s a few more notes which I picked up off the internet using my cell phone. The American Bell Telephone Company formed the American Telephone subsidiary (AT&T) in 1885. In 1899, AT&T became the parent company after the American Bell Telephone Company sold its assets to its subsidiary. The company was rebranded as AT&T Corp in 1994. Verizon Communications was created on June 30, 2000, by Bell Atlantic Corp and GTE Corp in one of the nation’s largest mergers. The FCC approved the $64.7 billion merger. Spectrum is the trade name of Charter Communications. The brand was introduced in 2014. From 2009 to 2016, Time Warner Cable was an independent company using the name under license from its former parent company. This included “Road Runner” for internet service. I remember the hand crank, wooden telephone at my grandmother’s house in Cincinnatus, New York. She would crank the phone, to call the operator, who she knew. “Would you ring Mrs. Crandall for me? How was Thanksgiving? Was everyone home for the holiday?” FOR ALL OF YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS WE DESIGN AND PRINT: T-SHIRTS MENUS BUSINESS CARDS PLACEMATS MUGS PENS NCR & MORE! 1 Church St., LeRoy, NY 14482 585.768.2201 www.lpgraphics.net 1 Church St. LeRoy, NY 14482 585-768-2201 · office@leroyny.com Your Logo Here Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Or Here! Big & Small... You CAN have it all!
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