Other Sites of Interest

Miscellaneous Phone & Antique Information
Antique Telephone Collector's News
A site with an international flair... A good place to visit to find links to other sites.
http://www.ekanji.com/telephone/index_e.html
Atlanta Telephone History
The Atlanta Telephone History website provides an interesting and detailed look at the telephone service in Atlanta, Georgia from the very beginning to the present time.
http://home.speedfactory.net/cardwell/index.html
Camp Shohola
Probably one of the few Summer camps in the world where boys can learn about Strowger telephone equipment (and a whole lot of other interesting stuff too!)
http://www.shohola.com/kd3fg
Central Office On Line
This page is dedicated to telephone central offices both past and present.
http://www.centralofficeonline.com
Collectics - The Antique and Collectibles Web Directory
This is an on-line directory for antiques and collectibles sites and resources (just in case someone decides to collect other things than telephones!)
www.collectics.com/directory.html
Crown Jewels of the Wire
A site dedicated to the collectors of historic glass and porcelain insulators used by telegraph, telephone and electric power utilities. Insulators are the "crown jewels of the wire."
http://www.crownjewelsofthewire.com
Curioscape
This is an on-line directory of resources for the antique and collectable enthusiast.
http://www.curioscape.com
DialABC
Tools for Phone Numbers - DialABC is your online destination for telephone related tools, information, trivia, and links. DialABC lets you find words in phone numbers and even find touch tones in audio clips.
http://www.dialabc.com
The Digest
A free daily online magazine about the long distance & telecommunications industry, cheaper long distance rates & comparison charts, editorials on long distance & telecom companies, a Hall of Shame feature and book reviews.
http://www.thedigest.com
Historische Fernsprecher German telephones
http://www.wasser.de/telefon-alt/index.htm
Insulator Collectors On the Net (ICON) - Specializing in all manner of insulators from communications to power. ...and they host the TCI site! Stop by to thank them.
http://www.insulators.info
The Microwave Radio and Coaxial Cable Networks of the Bell System. You have to see this site to believe it!
http://long-lines.net
Military Telephones - Signal, The Voice Of Command
http://www.myinsulators.com/commokid/telephones/militaryphones.htm
Payphone Directory
This is the original Pay Phone Directory, offering thousands and thousands of pay phone numbers in the United States, Canada, and other countries, far more than any other pay phone number website on the internet.
http://www.payphone-directory.org
Payphones of the World
A collection of photographs of payphones from all over the world.
http://www.2600.com/phones
Phone Trips
This is amazing! Some of us collect telephone equipment, others collect pictures of telephone equipment but these folks collected the sounds of old central offices. Hear early dial tones, busy tones, ringback tones and more. Where else are you going to hear actual Panel pulsing?! http://www.wideweb.com/phonetrips
Phonetic.com
PhoNETic finds words within telephone numbers. PhoNETic also converts phonetic telephone numbers into numeric digits.
http://www.phonetic.com
The Telephone Archive
The Telephone Archive is a showcase for number cards, publications and telephone signs generously contributed by a number of collectors.
http://telephonearchive.com
Telecom Digest and Archives
These archives are a great source of telephone history, technology and corporate dealings.
http://telecom-digest.org
TelecomWriting.com - An extensive (and whimsical) collection of articles dealing with the telecommuncations industry. A Tom Farley Production.
http://www.telecomwriting.com
The Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island
An extensive site dealing with the history and equipment of the Telephone Company of Prince Edward Island. Watch it grow!
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/phones.html
The Telephone EXchange Name Project
A great place to identify the dial card you have.
http://ourwebhome.com/TENP/TENproject.html
Telephones From Yesterday to Tomorrow
All kinds of telephones; from Magneto to Cellular!
http://dialsaver.com
Telephone World
Information on Telephones, the Telephone Network, and related Telecommunications systems.
http://www.dmine.com/phworld/
United States Early Radio History - Read an interesting article on the transmission of news and entertainment by telephone (1893-1925), which covers wired telephone news and entertainment systems, including the Telefon Hirmondo of Budapest, the Telephone Herald of Newark, NJ, Tel-Musici in Wilmington, Delaware and the Electrophone of London.
http://www.EarlyRadioHistory.us/index.html
U. S. Patents - Patent Number to Date Cross Reference
This is handy!
http://www.pressenter.com/~richard/patent.htm
World Payphones - If you ever wondered what payphones look like around the world, this is the place to visit.
http://www.worldpayphones.com/

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