FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL PHONE CALL MADE BY AT&T PRESIDENT
San Francisco, California (JFK+50) On July 29, 1914, the first transcontinental telephone call was made from New York City to San Francisco by the president of American Telephone & Telegraph Company.
The final splice in the transcontinental line was made at Wendover, Nevada.
AT&T had purchased Alexander Graham Bell's company in 1899 and began researching the possibility of building a transcontinental telephone line in 1908.
The first transcontinental telephone service began on January 15, 1915.
JFK+50 NOTE
By 1907, AT&T controlled 80% of the U.S. telephone system market. Today it is the third largest telecommunications company behind T-mobile & Verizon.
SOURCES
"Alexander Graham Bell Demonstrates AT&T Transcontinental Telephone Line," The Learning Network, Janaury 25, 2012, www.learning.blogs.nytimes.com/
"First Test Transcontinental Phone Call Made 101 Years Ago," JFK+50, July 29, 2015, www.jfk50.blogspot.com/
"The First Transcontinental Telephone Call," This Day in Tech History, www.thisdayintechhistory.com/
