the.com/telephone
a hundred years of yelling 'can you hear me now?' into the void.
first wordsBell summoned his assistant after spilling acid
helloEdison popularized it; Bell preferred 'ahoy'
phone numbersOriginally invented to survive measles-stricken operators quitting
area codesLower digits given to busier cities for faster dialing
ring soundModern phones fake the bell you no longer have