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Re:Apple SIM by gsich on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @07:45PM (#16693843)
First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci).

Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginning from the 80s, having features that are not present in current mobile technologies. Calling was almost instant, probably only matched with VoLTE or SIP in local networks. Deutsche Telekom tried very hard to adapt most of the ISDN features to SIP.

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Re:Apple SIM by digi_owl on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:29AM (#16697162)
> First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci).

Living in New York and granted a US patent...

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Re:Apple SIM by tomcooks on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:42AM (#16697224)
> In 1834 Meucci constructed a type of acoustic telephone to communicate between the stage and control room at the Teatro of Pergola

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci

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Re:Apple SIM by gsich on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @10:46AM (#16698051)
You wrote "how they managed" and by "they" I assume you meant US-americans. Which is not the case for Meucci.
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Re:Apple SIM by exikyut on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @08:23PM (#16694064)
What do you mean by "calling was almost instant"?
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Re:Apple SIM by gsich on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:12PM (#16694947)
You dial a number. The other party will start ringing.
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Re:Apple SIM by mhd on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:59AM (#16696180)
And not just calling. There was no need for a lengthy handshake after the connection was setup for ISDN modems.
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