and ‘What’s your telephone number?’ Once you have the telephone number, it’s easier to talk over the regular line—but it isn’t as much fun.” Some call it “Dial-a-Date.” ...

In countless emergencies, the pay telephone is the one way to reach help. But the pay phone is mute and deaf until it has been fed its dime. To clear the line, Southern New England Telephone Co ...

There was already a telephone line in just about every house and business, so it made sense to use them as a conduit to get computers online. For years, speeds ticked up as modem manufacturers ...

Market factors may also be at work. Verizon and other fiber-optic providers often package service in a bundle: internet, cable television and a telephone line for one low price. In some cases ...