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Since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it has been a major feature in our lives, evolving from wired "Plain Old Telephone Service" (POTS) to now support a whole range of mobile phone protocols and Internet-based Voice Over IP (VOIP). AT&T introduced picturephones in 1964, but they didn't catch on then; however, various forms of video chatting are now commonplace to accompany traditional voice-only telephony. | Since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it has been a major feature in our lives, evolving from wired "Plain Old Telephone Service" (POTS) to now support a whole range of mobile phone protocols and Internet-based Voice Over IP (VOIP). AT&T introduced picturephones in 1964, but they didn't catch on then; however, various forms of video chatting are now commonplace to accompany traditional voice-only telephony. | ||
| + | * [[Fax machine]] | ||
| + | ** [[T.37]] (fax to e-mail) | ||
| + | ** [[T.38]] (fax over IP) | ||
* [[Media Gateway Control Protocol]] (MGCP) | * [[Media Gateway Control Protocol]] (MGCP) | ||
| + | * [[Modem]] | ||
| + | ** [[Hayes command set]] | ||
* [[Session Initiation Protocol]] (SIP) | * [[Session Initiation Protocol]] (SIP) | ||
| + | * [[STIR/SHAKEN protocol]] | ||
* [[Telephone numbering]] | * [[Telephone numbering]] | ||
| + | * [[VOIP]] | ||
| + | ** [[Skype]] | ||
| + | *** [[Pre-2017 Skype chatsync]] | ||
| + | *** [[Skype main.db]] | ||
| + | *** [[Skype skype.db]] | ||
See also [[Address books and contacts]] for formats used to store contact lists on mobile phones, and [[Audio and Music]] and [[Video]] for formats used to store sounds and moving images. | See also [[Address books and contacts]] for formats used to store contact lists on mobile phones, and [[Audio and Music]] and [[Video]] for formats used to store sounds and moving images. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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| + | === Technical documentation === | ||
* [http://archive.org/details/bstj-archives Bell System Technical Journal archives] | * [http://archive.org/details/bstj-archives Bell System Technical Journal archives] | ||
| + | * [http://archive.org/details/bstj39-6-1381 Classic 1960 article on signaling systems] | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/Bell_System_Coin_Service_Manual_Dec_1972 Bell System Coin Service Manual (1972)] - Everything you wanted to know about old-fashioned pay phones | ||
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| + | === Other info on how phones work === | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/02/01/dial-up-handshaking-illustrate.html Dial-up handshaking illustrated] | ||
| + | * [http://gizmodo.com/5994589/why-your-cell-phone-doesnt-have-a-dial-tone Why your cell phone doesn't have a dial tone] | ||
| + | * [http://www.b3ta.com/links/what_I_do_when_Im_not_on_here Video: Making phone call through 1950s electromechanical exchanges] | ||
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| + | === Unusual phones === | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/fences-as-primitive-phone-netw.html Fences as primitive phone networks] | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/fences-as-primitive-phone-netw.html Fences as primitive phone networks] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/03/26/diy-cellphone.html DIY cell phone] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/05/howto-make-an-intercom-out-of.html HOWTO make an intercom out of obsolete corded phones] | ||
| + | * [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/Theres-a-1200-year-old-Phone-in-the-Smithsonian-Collections-231152081.html 1200-year-old telephone] | ||
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| + | === Other/Misc. === | ||
| + | * [http://www.avclub.com/articles/huey-lewis-and-phone-phreaking-with-phil-lapsley,97397/ Interview about phone phreaking] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2013/06/11/animation-about-cell-phone-dat.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Cell phone data mining] | ||
| + | * [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4006 Exploding the Phone] | ||
| + | * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/52482/telecommunications-1990s-according-1969 1990s telecommunications as predicted in 1969] | ||
| + | * [http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/10/meet-the-robot-telemarketer-who-denies-shes-a-robot/ Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot] | ||
| + | * [http://mentalfloss.com/article/55380/adorably-perplexed-kids-react-rotary-phones Adorably Perplexed Kids React to Rotary Phones] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/05/12/phone-tips-from-1965-womans.html Phone tips from 1965 Woman's National Skateboard Champion] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avHo0-qU8xo AT&T Archives: Seeing the Digital Future (1961) (video)] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/06/17/why-did-the-picturephone-fail.html Why did the PicturePhone fail?] | ||
| + | * [https://archive.org/details/ATelephoneForYourFarm A Telephone For Your Farm: Answers To Questions About The Rural Telephone Program (1953)] | ||
| + | * [http://www.pnas.org/content/113/20/5536.full Evaluating the privacy properties of telephone metadata] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:58, 4 December 2019
Since Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it has been a major feature in our lives, evolving from wired "Plain Old Telephone Service" (POTS) to now support a whole range of mobile phone protocols and Internet-based Voice Over IP (VOIP). AT&T introduced picturephones in 1964, but they didn't catch on then; however, various forms of video chatting are now commonplace to accompany traditional voice-only telephony.
- Fax machine
- Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP)
- Modem
- Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
- STIR/SHAKEN protocol
- Telephone numbering
- VOIP
See also Address books and contacts for formats used to store contact lists on mobile phones, and Audio and Music and Video for formats used to store sounds and moving images.
Contents |
[edit] External links
[edit] Technical documentation
- Bell System Technical Journal archives
- Classic 1960 article on signaling systems
- Bell System Coin Service Manual (1972) - Everything you wanted to know about old-fashioned pay phones
[edit] Other info on how phones work
- Dial-up handshaking illustrated
- Why your cell phone doesn't have a dial tone
- Video: Making phone call through 1950s electromechanical exchanges
[edit] Unusual phones
- Fences as primitive phone networks
- DIY cell phone
- HOWTO make an intercom out of obsolete corded phones
- 1200-year-old telephone
[edit] Other/Misc.
- Interview about phone phreaking
- Cell phone data mining
- Exploding the Phone
- 1990s telecommunications as predicted in 1969
- Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She’s A Robot
- Adorably Perplexed Kids React to Rotary Phones
- Phone tips from 1965 Woman's National Skateboard Champion
- AT&T Archives: Seeing the Digital Future (1961) (video)
- Why did the PicturePhone fail?
- A Telephone For Your Farm: Answers To Questions About The Rural Telephone Program (1953)
- Evaluating the privacy properties of telephone metadata
