Telephone

From Rofflehaus

[edit] History of telephone service

• 1874 - First telephone in Ames
• 1881 - First switchboard by Iowa Union Telephone Company
• 1896 - Iowa Union Telephone Company taken over by Iowa Telephone Company
• 1900 - Competing service provided by Boone County Telephone Company
• 1908 - Boone County Telephone Company taken over by Iowa Telephone Company
• 1918 - Iowa Telephone Company occupied an office on 5th Street
• 1921 - Iowa Telephone Company became a part of newly formed Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
• 1955 - Converted to dial
• 1962 - Direct Distance Dialing established
• 1964 - New switching center for West Ames

[edit] References

• Ames Community History, 1864-1964 (page 49)

[edit] See also

• Campus phones