I remember can with strings to my upstairs neighbor (parents weren't to fond of NYtel bills) which I can only assume were per minute usage charges in the late 70's.
then i came accross something like this, dont quite remember the manufacturer /brand but you can actually make a FREE call provided the wire reached http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=annie+telephones+&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=annie+telephones+&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034&selectedIndex=118 it looked like a typical rotary phone but obviously couldn't dial number, only rang the other end Kind of like the "bat phone" Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:44:41 -0700 To: [email protected] Old people had phones. Back when I was a kid all we had was soup cans and string. And that meant if we wanted to talk to our friends we had to eat the soup!!!!! On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:34 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: WOW, my earliest memory was a "touch tone" telephone with 7 numbers- however, we did not require area codes back then 2751058
