LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) - Lane Handke called his wife, Cathleen, the other day to tell her he was bringing home the shelves they needed to finish their cabinet. The call cost him 25 cents ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Even after decades with cell phones, I still remember what a dial tone sounded like. I can almost hear the clink of a quarter dropping into a payphone’s coin vault. Payphones used to ...

Almost accidentally, we have a new addition to our living room décor that has prompted much conversation among our friends. In July, we made a trip to Monroe to visit friends who took us to all sorts ...

Does a cellphone have a dial tone? Mobile cellphone never have a dial tone. Before the cellphone came into common usage, a dial tone on a landline told you that the line was available; however, it is ...

At midnight Saturday, Oct. 4, 1947, El Paso switched to dial phone operation. Making a call would now consist of lifting the receiver, waiting for a dial tone, dialing the numbers and then waiting for ...

Telephone dial tones are one aspect of modern life that we take for granted, but there is a history there. Wikipedia offers some interesting reading on the subject. Back in 1954 when Bell Telephone, ...