New Haven, CT Birthed the Modern Telephone #newhavenct #telephone #history In 1878, New Haven, Connecticut became the birthplace of the modern telephone. George Coy launched the world’s first commercial telephone exchange in the Boardman Building, connecting callers through a central switchboard. Within weeks came the first phone book—just 50 names and no numbers. Early operators were boys, soon replaced by women known for patience and poise. By year’s end, subscribers had grown eightfold, layin

☎️📱These days almost everyone has a telephone either at home or as a pocket-sized supercomputer. Telephone technology has evolved very fast since the Gallows model was released in the century before last. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell registered a patent for the predecessor to the telephone 146 years ago today, on February 14, 1876. Fun fact: Did you know that Bell was not actually the inventor of the telephone? Several researchers, including German scientists Johann Philipp Reis