Title: The Impact of the Telephone on Society essays
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The Impact of the Telephone on Society
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Content: We do not consider the impact that these technologies have on our lives. They do have an impact whether good or bad. They affect our lives in ways that we may not even know. One of the most influential, and controversial, inventions has been that of the telephone. When the telephone was introduced it was met with some resistance and a few technical problems. As time passed it became so accepted that almost everyone in the western world had a telephone. The telephone was marketed in that it would increase revenue, employment, and an improve communication (Robertson 230). Like most new technology the telephone at first could only be afforded by the rich. To make telephone usage less expensive, coin operated and metered telephones were introduced as well as the party line in which numerous households were connected to the same line. The largest impact of the telephone was the effect on rural life.