Computer dial office starts operation
Electrical Engineering · 1963
The world's first commercial communitywide electronic dial office, which began operation recently at Etna, N.Y., is in effect a computer designed to perform the registration and transmission functions of a telephone system. Produced by General Dynamics/Telecommunication of Rochester, N.Y., the community dial office will serve customers of the Dry den Telephone Company, a subsidiary of the Independent Telephone Corp.