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First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginn

by gsich 9y ago

First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginning from the 80s, having features that are not present in current mobile technologies. Calling was almost instant, probably only matched with VoLTE or SIP in local networks. Deutsche Telekom tried very hard to adapt most of the ISDN features to SIP.

exikyut 9y ago
What do you mean by "calling was almost instant"?
- gsich 9y ago
  You dial a number. The other party will start ringing.
  - mhd 9y ago
    And not just calling. There was no need for a lengthy handshake after the connection was setup for ISDN modems.
digi_owl 9y ago
> First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci). Living in New York and granted a US patent...
- tomcooks 9y ago
  > In 1834 Meucci constructed a type of acoustic telephone to communicate between the stage and control room at the Teatro of Pergola https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci
- gsich 9y ago
  You wrote "how they managed" and by "they" I assume you meant US-americans. Which is not the case for Meucci.