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    When was the first long distance (trans atlantic) phone call?

    Question #27905. Asked by samiam. (Feb 10 03 1:44 AM)


    mochyn

    		1927

    http://www.bigchalk.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WOPortal.woa/Homework/Teacher/Resource/January/On_This_Day_/Jan_7_1927_First_Transatlantic_Phone_Call_Made_71575.html

    Feb 10 03, 1:49 AM
    Kainantu

    		September 25, 1956,

    ...First trans-atlantic telephone call was made on September 25, 1956...
    www.cashmaxmall.com/telecom.htm - 10k

    By 1884, Bell had installed the first long distance telephone lines. ... it was not until 1956 that the first successful trans-Atlantic telephone line was ...
    www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/059.html


    Feb 10 03, 1:55 AM
    sequoianoir

    		Both are correct in their own right, depends on the definition you care to pick.
    The 1927 call was achieved using a radio link.(using a conventional handset??)
    The 1956 call was through the 1st cable to be laid under the ocean.

    Given that the meaning of telephone is:
    Tele - at or over a distance, distant - from Greek - tele = far
    Phone - sound - from the Greek - phone = sound, voice

    Then surely this happened in 1903 (if not 1901 - test transmission)

    On January 18, 1903 the first public, two-way wireless communication between Europe and America occurred, and the dream of worldwide communication became reality.

    http://dev.communicom.net/marconi/

    Feb 10 03, 12:47 PM

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