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Taken from KeelyNet BBS (214) 324-3501
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Sponsored by Vangard Sciences
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Mesquite, TX 75150
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November 7, 1992
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PHONES.ASC
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This file shared with KeelyNet courtesy of John Chipps.
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Don't get discouraged if your ideas are not accepted.
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Report of the Technical Committee
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To Determine Market Opportunities for
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The Telephone
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1. The telephone is so named by its inventor, A. G. Bell, who sees
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for it a vast future as a means of personal communication by
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voice. He believes that one day they will be installed in every
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residence and place of business.
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2. We note that Bell's profession is that of a voice teacher, and
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particularly a teacher of the deaf. He appears to have no
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direct experience with the telephone or any other form of
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communication, electrical or otherwise. Yet he claims to have
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discovered an instrument of great practical value in
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communication, which has been overlooked by thousands of workers
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who have spent years in the field.
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3. Bell's proposal to place his instruments in almost every home
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and business house (an this is the only way which their
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potential may be realized) is fantastic in view of the capital
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costs of installing the endless numbers of wires and cables that
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would be demanded. The central exchange alone would represent a
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huge outlay in real estate and buildings, to say nothing of the
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electrical equipment.
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4. Bell expects that the public will use his instruments without
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the aid of trained operators. Any telegraph engineer will at
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once see the fallacy of this plan. The public simply cannot be
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trusted to handle technical communication equipment. In any
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home where there are children, to mention only one point, there
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would inevitably be a high rate of breakage and frivolous use of
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the instruments. Furthermore, when making a call the subscriber
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must give the number verbally to the operator and have to deal
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with persons who may be illiterate, speak with lisps or stammer,
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have foreign accents or who may be sleepy or intoxicated when
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making a call.
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5. While every telegram consists in itself a written record of what
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is being communicated, Bell's instrument uses nothing but the
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voice, which cannot be captured in concrete form, and therefore
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would be no record of what was said or agreed upon. We leave it
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to you to judge whether any sensible man would transact his
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affairs by such a means of communication.
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6. Bell expects that the subscribers to this service will pay to
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have the instruments installed in their premises and will
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thereby pay for each call made, with a monthly minimum if no
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calls are made. We feel that it is unlikely that any
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substantial number of people will agree to such an arrangement
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in view of the telegraph offices which are now giving efficient
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round the clock service in every neighborhood and the smallest
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towns--which charge only for actual messages according to
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length.
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7. In conclusion, the committee feels that it must advise against
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any investment whatever in Bell's scheme. We do not doubt that
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it will find a few users in special circumstances such as
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between the bridge of a ship and the engine rooms, but any
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development of the kind and scale which Bell so fondly imagines
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is utterly out of the question.
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(Note: Origin unknown, but very plausible, as Western Union did
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indeed decide not to invest in telephones in the early
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1900's. Richard Lane 4/26/85)
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