What Happened to America s oldest Telephone Network? (History of the Telephone) - IT S HISTORY

Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to https://keeps.com/ItsHistory to get 50% off your first Keeps order. From the Telegraph’s ashes arises its successor; the Telephone. Starting as a modification to the harmonic telegraph, Alexander Graham Bell’s magnum opus changed communication forever. Sparking an entire industry that connected nations worldwide, monopolies rose and fell, government regulations shifted, all while interconnection expanded. Chapters: 0:00 - Successor to the Telegraph - The Telephone 0:46 - A Lock for your Locks - Keeps 2:27 - The Beginnings of Instant Communication - The Telegraph 4:56 - Bell’s First Creations - The Telephone’s Predecessors 7:04 - “Mr. Watson, I Wish to Speak With You” - Birth of the Telephone 10:35 - The New Monopoly - Rise of AT&T 13:31 - The Kingsbury Commitment - The Regulated Monopoly 14:03 - Nationalization Experiments - AT&T and the FCC 16:59 - Losing the Iron Grip - AT&T’s Anti-Trust Struggles 21:54 - Broadening the Spectrum - The Telephone Industry Today Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIZ8HrzDgc-pNQDUG6avBA/join IT’S HISTORY - Weekly tales of American Urban Decay as presented by your host Ryan Socash. » CONTACT For brands, agencies and sponsorships, please contact us at itshistory@thoughtleaders.io https://www.facebook.com/kultamerica » CREDIT Scriptwriter - Gregory Back, Editor - Karolina Szwata, Host - Ryan Socash Sponsored by Keeps » SOURCES https://www.facebook.com/groups/itshistory/ » NOTICE Some images may be used for illustrative purposes only - always reflecting the accurate time frame and content. Events of factual error / mispronounced word/spelling mistakes - retractions will be published in this section.