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  2. Landline - Wikipedia

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    Landline service is typically provided through the outside plant of a telephone company's central office, or wire center. The outside plant comprises tiers of cabling between distribution points in the exchange area, so that a single pair of copper wire, or an optical fiber, reaches each subscriber location, such as a home or office, at the network interface.

  3. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Call originator - (or calling party, caller or A-party) a person or device that initiates a telephone call by dialling a telephone number.; Call waiting - a system that notifies a caller of another incoming telephone call by sounding a sound in the earpiece.

  4. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    An on-hook condition represents an idle circuit, i.e. no telephone call is in progress. A central office originally was a primary exchange in a city with other exchanges service parts of the area. The term became to mean any switching system including its facilities and operators.

  5. 10 Weird (and Sometimes Repulsive) Things People Collect

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    5. Dead Insects. Entomology enthusiasts often start by collecting dead insects and preserving them in special boxes or displays. According to collectors, it's also a way to advance science.

  6. The Landline Is Back, Kind Of - AOL

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    My husband and I, on the other hand, never considered getting a landline for our house; we can rely on our cell phones to keep us connected—or with Siri’s help, answer just about any question ...

  7. Operator assistance - Wikipedia

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    Operator assistance refers to service provided by a telephone operator to the calling party of a telephone call.This can include telephone calls made from pay phones, calls placed station-to-station, person-to-person, or collect, third-number calls, calls billed to credit cards, and certain international calls which cannot be dialed directly.

  8. 16 Things That Have No Business Being As Expensive As They Are

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    The industry standard is for a profit margin between a 2.2 and 2.5 times markup, meaning a dress that cost $100 to produce might be sold to a retailer for $220. That retailer has to mark it up by ...

  9. Telephone line - Wikipedia

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    Utility pole with electric lines (top) and telephone cables. Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, 1997–2007. Cross section of telephone cable of 1,800 twisted pairs, 1922.