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Other things like answering machines probably would not have happened, too. I wasn't around back then but as I understand it you were only allowed to connect Ma
by Sir_Cmpwn 9y ago
Other things like answering machines probably would not have happened, too. I wasn't around back then but as I understand it you were only allowed to connect Ma Bell's telephones to your telephone line and Bell's goons would break in and rip out unapproved telephone equipment.
- theandrewbailey 9y agoThird party devices were "legalized" by the Carterfone decision in the 1950s, long before the breakup. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/carterfone-40-years/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/carterfone-40-ye...