For a national competition called Switchboard Operator Of The Year, local radio DJ Gordon Astley, then doing a mid-morning show for BBC Radio WM (West Midlands), rang up unsuspecting switchboard operators at various nominated companies to see how well they could put up with problem callers.
In this call Gordon rings up a chemical company and tries to make an order to buy heavy water and plutonium
From 1991. Audio only.
Duration : 0:6:59
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GeoGraffiti is a free verbal publishing platform for ‘marking’ local places with informative voice messages. Its Voice Marks and Biz Marks are short phone recordings, made public and geotagged to a real-world place so other mobile phone callers can hear and benefit from public opinion or business promos while on location when the information is most pertinent.
The GeoGraffiti Voice Marking platform was created to unite and share the local knowledge contained within the U.S.’s estimated 200 million U.S. mobile phone subscriber base, and by doing so satisfy some of today’s “on-the-go” informational needs. With the release of the iphone3G, users can install the GeoGraffiti app and benefit from the iPhone3G GPS features making publishing or retrieving Voice Marks a quick and easy process.
The GeoGraffiti service is in public beta and free to use on any mobile phone with any wireless carrier. To publish or listen to Voice Marks with any phone, simply call GeoGraffiti’s voice platform at (213) 221-3802 or use our online Google map-mashup at www.geograffiti.com/gu/SearchMap.html GeoGraffiti is also used for small business ad-hoc advertising whereby business owners communicate their special offerings to mobile phones in their store’s vicinity using GeoGraffiti Biz Mark messages. For specific information on Biz Mark advertising see www.geograffiti.com/bizfaq.html
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For a national competition called Switchboard Operator Of The Year, local radio DJ Gordon Astley, then doing a mid-morning show for BBC Radio WM (West Midlands), rang up unsuspecting switchboard operators at various nominated companies to see how well they could put up with problem callers.
In this call Gordon rings up a company that makes precision castings while having problems with his carphone
From 1991. Audio only.
Duration : 0:6:22
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Technorati Tags: Astley, Gordon, local, phone, Prank, radio, WM
Mani-Sky allows anyone to place calls from his fixed or mobile phone to his Skype buddies. No need for an internet connection, use your old phone: www.manifone.com/mani-sky
Duration : 0:2:9
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A normal afternoon at the Camden Baptist church ,and The telestra phone company place..
ALSO
some random little boy named hayden baxter lol…
Duration : 0:2:4
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ACN provides services people use every day, including digital phone service, high speed Internet, wireless service, local and long distance, satellite tv and the new ACN IRIS 3000 video phone, in a home based business opportunity
Duration : 0:6:40
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Technorati Tags: Acn, Digital Phone Service, DSL, Internet, IRIS 3000, local, Long Distance, phone services, Satellite TV, Video Phone, Wireless
In The Tales of Allen, Host Craig Erickson gives us a closer look at how early residents communicated by telephone.
Duration : 0:7:12
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Home phones are more reliable than cell phones. Clear signals and no dropped calls.
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local phone service can be one of the first places to look for overspending on corporate telecom bills. This video gives 8 ways you can use immediately to reduce local phone bill charges and keep them in check.
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