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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Bean Dip on Monday October 30 2023, @06:42PM (2 children)

    by Bean Dip (5604) on Monday October 30 2023, @06:42PM (#1330849)

    For phones, there is also the insane price for long distance service in the 1970s. And of course you couldn't own your own phone, you had to rent it from Ma Bell.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2023, @10:18PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 30 2023, @10:18PM (#1330870)

    And the pulse dialing. You dialed a number by repeatedly and quickly taking the phone off the hook multiple times a second.

    • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Monday November 06 2023, @11:20PM

      by hendrikboom (1125) on Monday November 06 2023, @11:20PM (#1331763) Homepage Journal

      And it was fun learning to do that by hitting the hang-up button repeatedly so you could still make phone calls if the rotary dial was broken.