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Switchboard operator

In the early days of telephony, companies used manual telephone switchboards, and switchboard operators connected calls by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks. They were gradually phased out and replaced by automated systems, first those allowing direct dialing within a local area, then for long-distance and international direct…

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Switchboard operator → Alexander Graham Bell, Boston Telephone Dispatch, Emma, Emma Nutt, Equal Pay Act, George Willard Croy, In, In January, More, New England Telephone Company, September, Specifically, The, United States
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Switchboard operator → As, Automatic, Before, Being, Callers, DDD, Each, Lines, Switchboard, The, With

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