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...organizing their own telephone companies. The system was becoming technically obsolete; independents offered dial phones before Bell. Within a decade, Vail had transformed AT&T into a communications power. By the time he died in 1920, he had set the foundation for vigorous growth. Indeed, AT&T by 1929 was the first corporation to generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion...
...People have to forget the notion of dial, ring, talk and m listen," says Randall Tobias, president of AT&T Consumer Products. The phone that is within easy reach of most consumers is about to undergo a dramatic transformation. It will no longer be just an instrument to call Uncle Fred in Fredonia. The phone of the future will be more mobile, do a host of different tasks and be part of a complex, far-reaching information network. Says Hans Mattes, director of AT&T's Home Communications Laboratory: "The telephone will be the cornerstone of a communication system...
With more and more homes empty during the day because both parents are at work and children at school, telephone manufacturers believe a variety of emergency and remote feature.8 will be hot sellers. AT&T offers a fire-alert system linking smoke alarms to phones that will dial two numbers when smoke is detected ($199 a system, $29 a link). A pocket-size medical transmitter ($49) alerts a unit ($199) that dials up to two numbers if a patient needs immediate attention. Gulf + Western's Sensaphone ($250) monitors room temperatures, sound levels and electrical systems. If a room...
...example, despite its increasing use of fiber-optic-cable systems that carry far more conversations at lower cost, AT&T is stuck with millions of miles of old-fashioned copper wire and coaxial cable. Also on its books are millions of old dial telephones, built to work for 40 years but less versatile than newer high-tech models like its Touch-matic, which automatically dials up to 15 numbers...
...homes of young computer enthusiasts in 13 cities were part of a federal investigation into reports of widespread abuse of computer networks. For months authorities have been waging a quiet war of nerves with the thousands of teen-agers who use their home terminals and telephone hookups to dial into larger systems around the country. Most are careful to do no harm, but for those bent on doing damage, the opportunities are boundless. One 14-year-old brags that he penetrated a computer belonging to a brokerage firm and erased a group of commodity trading accounts. Particularly vulnerable...