Vintage telephone network sounds part 1

Vintage telephone network sounds part 1

By Evan Doorbell

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Telephone network sounds 1970s 1980s 1960s phonetrips evan doorbell "bell telephone" "bell system" att "telephone sounds" "rotary dial" "general telephone" GTE "rockmart georgia" "party line" "step by step" SxS Atlanta "busy signal" dialtone crossbar bar "Jane Barbie" "mary more" "southern bell" crybaby fairfield "southwestern bell" payphone 2600 hertz hz trunk "wire trunk" "cable pair" "the number you have reached" "area code" "sprint network"
"102 director" "city ring" cityring

http://phonetrips.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Telephone
• network
• sounds
• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1960s
• phonetrips
• evan
• doorbell
• bell telephone
• bell system
• att
• telephone sounds
• rotary dial
• general telephone
• GTE
• rockmart georgia
• party line
• step by step
• SxS
• Atlanta
• busy signal
• dialtone
• crossbar
• bar
• Jane Barbie
• mary more
• southern bell
• crybaby
• fairfield
• southwestern bell
• payphone
• 2600
• hertz
• hz
• trunk
• wire trunk
• cable pair
• the number you have reached
• area code

[bosdon]

These sounds bring back so many memories. In my teens I would spend hours dialing hundreds of variations of phone numbers and listening to what happened and how it all sounded. I devised many tricks to make free phone calls and use certain numbers as a conference lines for all of my friends to talk together. I had no idea I was actually a phone phreak!

[SallySallySallySally]

I'm glad to find these here. With less jargon than the website recordings, it makes the magic of the incredibly complex telephone system of the past easier to understand and appreciate by the public at large. I worked for The Bell System back in the 80's and remember fondly all the trunk, switching and MF sounds. Every call was like a little audio excursion.

[ThePaulcano]

You have a great voice. This is soothing to listen to.

[caggles1]

It's interesting hearing all these vintage US sounds - I remember some of them from films. I'm from Ireland where we had our own selection of sounds over the years. I'm kind of obsessed with phones and in particular number allocations and area codes. . . I must be slightly autistic or something :)

[yaronimus1]

34:40 is a hebrew announcement.

[jstevenstntau]

Thanks so much for posting these. My father worked for SCB in Nashville as a frame attendant and other roles from 1966 to 1998 and as a kid he'd take me into the CO's. I was always amazed at the noise and loved watching the moving parts. That would've been the early 80's. I worked for Bellsouth briefly in 03 and 04 and when first stepping into a CO I wondered where all the noise was and noticed that the offices were mostly empty.

[Lapp6192]

This is awesome !! I am so glad that these sounds are being preserved. This is the time frame (60's & 70's) that I grew up in and this video reminds me of the good old days when things were simplier. I miss my old rotary-dial phone. I hate cell phones. Thanks for the upload !

[alpacamafia]

Well done. Thanks for sharing

[TheByteBin]

I remember hearing the Crossbar 1 "crybaby" wrong number signal (was a much lower tones than the one in your example here) and I was only 7 yrs. old. It spooked me so much as it sounded so weird that I dropped the phone receiver and ran. My dad had to hang up the phone. LOL! Every time I knew I dialed a wrong number I'd cringe even in my teen years (80s!) but then one day in the 80s I heard a recording. I was so relieved!

[jonbosanac]

really cool tapes. I am glad you took the time.

[kevinivers]

p.s. as per the "city ring" at 19:25, we had that static between rings out as far as Islip, Long Island...

[kevinivers]

Can I just say how fabulous your OCD is ? I grew up on Long Island in the 70s and had forgotten all about this stuff. Riveting entertainment!!