Impact of the Telephone

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This paper describes the invention of the telephone and its impact on modern society. The discussion investigates three ways in which the widespread adoption of the telephone changed society. The author examines the changes in the mode of communication and government regulations, commerce and automation, and the Internet. A brief history of life before the telephone is presented. The author concludes that the widespread adoption of the telephone paved the way for the advent of the most comprehensive source for information, business and entertainment that the world has ever known--the Internet.

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"Before the telephone was invented the telegraph was one of the ways that people communicated. People also sent letters to one another. However, Alexander Graham Bell's was able to invent a device that allowed the human voice to travel over distances via an electric current. According to McMaster (2002) the telephone was presented to the public at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876."

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