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They were invented
Home phones were invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. Antonio Meucci also had the idea but before Antonio could make the home phone Bell had already put a patent on it. -
Home phones In early 1900's
By 1900 there were nearly 600,000 phones in Bell's telephone system. By 1905 that number shot up to 2.2 million, then in 1910 there were 5.8 million. -
World war I
During World war I, the government nationalized telephones for about a year (June 1918 to June 1919) after a joint resolution of congress, President Wilson put them under the U.S Post office. A year later the phones were returned to private ownership. -
1980's to 1990's
By 1980, there were more than 175 million telephones subscriber lines in the U.S. In 1993, the first digital cellular network went online. -
Death of landlines
Ever since cell phones came around the landline/ home phone started dying out and less people are using it each year. -
Now
Now it is very hard to find a home phone/ land line in the average home. Most people carry around a smartphone/cellphone. -
1990's
By 1960, there were mpre than 80 milliom
