Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

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 assistance ...

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ALBANY — Less than two miles behind the front lines during World War I, some American women telephone operators sat at switchboards that shook severely from the sounds of the big guns they could hear ...

*(CNN) — The operator is going off the hook for millions of phone customers. Starting in sometime this month (January), AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an ...

“You won’t be able to dial 411 on AT&T Phones to request phone numbers or addresses. Also, when placing calls, you’ll need to dial phone numbers directly as Operator Assistance won’t be available,” ...

When American women were first deployed into combat zones, the U.S. refused to consider them veterans for more than 50 years. American women operating a telephone exchange at the Elysees Palace Hotel, ...

In 1918, 223 women were sent to France as telephone operators to help win the Great War. In 1918, the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France as telephone operators to help win the Great War.