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Identifier: belltelephonevol3132mag00amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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s. Also, there are large time average, and for those between San differences in most cases: to the caller Francisco and Honolulu a speed of it may be noon, to the person at the about five minutes has been attained, far end of the line it may be evening These speeds represent great im- or even another day of the week, provement since the war. Moreover, the opposite ends of each A major factor in this improve- circuit are operated by separate or- ment has been the adoption of a ganizations which must join forces— simplified operating procedure, which often with some variance in their ac- is patterned on domestic methods, customed methods—in creating an The originating overseas operator overseas service satisfactory to their now makes the first attempt to com- respective customers. And, finally, plete the connection while holding the radiotelephone circuits are subject to calling customer on the line. Previ- atmospheric difi^culties—static, noise, ously, the operator had simply ob-
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Itt I he New York coiitrol roo)n for overseas telephone service 1952 Overseas Telephone Service Anniversary 13 tained the calling In-formation and then re-leased the customer.This information waspassed to the distantoverseas operator, whogot the called customeron the line, after whichthe connection was re-established to the per-son placing the call. Other developmentswhich have greatly im-proved the quality ofthe service are the au-tomatic control deviceswhich strengthen thevolume of weak voicesbefore sending themon their long journeyacross the ocean and reduce the vol-ume of very strong voices so theywill not overload and cause distor-tion in amplifying equipment. Economy in the Use of Freque)icies^ As THE DEMAND for overseas serv-ice has increased in recent years, a

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