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 ...

The operator is going off the hook for millions of customers, CNN reported. Starting in January, AT&T customers with digital landlines won't be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an operator or get ...

Once upon a time, a person making a long distance phone call would have to have help from a telephone operator. These operators handled calls coming into Tucson and going out. They also provided ...

When the White Sox won the pennant in 1959, air raid sirens wailed across the city. It was the height of the Cold War. Thousands of Chicagoans, fearing an imminent attack, panicked. They wanted a ...

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 ...

A reunion of Maine switchboard operators highlights the challenges of making a phone call more than 50 years ago and what it was like to handle... Telephone operators of another era gather to ...