Operator services were a selling point to customers during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The operator was the essential link in the dominant Bell System, owned by American Telephone & Telegraph ...

A reunion of Maine switchboard operators highlights the challenges of making a phone call more than 50 years ago and what it was like to handle emergencies, rude customers and delicate situations.

Until the 1970s, a switchboard operators' assistance was often needed for person-to-person, collect calls or to report a crime. And at a recent reunion in Maine, some former operators shared a few ...

Lilith from Ventura, California, recalls what it was like working as an information operator in a time before the internet.

The Sioux City Public Museum opened a new exhibit this Saturday, Aug. 30, that focuses on Sioux City’s telecommunications history.

It tells the story of the changesthe telephone brought to large and small communities in New Hampshire , and what the job of telephone operator meant to women. Aired 04/25/2025 Problems playing video?

The operator is going off the hook for millions of customers, CNN reported. Starting in January, AT&T customers with digital landlines won't be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get ...

The operator is going off the hook for millions of customers. Starting this month, AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get directory ...