Phones A 150-year story: from Bell shouting at Watson to foldable AI-powered supercomputers in a pocket. 4 posts· 1876 – 1919 The wheel that replaced the operator 1919 The undertaker who put telephone operators out of a job 1892 The New Haven exchange, or how a switchboard made from teapot lids wired a city 1878 Bell's telephone, or how nine words traveled down a wire 1876
