Telephone v. Skype
December 12th, 2010
At first the telephone had no bell. “The only way to know if someone was trying to get through to you was to pick up the telephone from time to time and see if anyone was there”. (bryson, “At Home”, p. 228
This is much like Skype today; you have to make an appointment to talk with someone, or else check every once in a while to see if anyone you know is on-line.
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