Mark StosbergApr 10, 2024

#ExplainVintageTechnology

If you wanted to know what the time of temperature was, you could call a local phone number, often run by a local bank, which would tell you these things.

Some of these still exist and one in Cincinnati was recently getting more than a thousand calls per day.

https://www.wvxu.org/local-news/2024-02-20/time-temp-phone-number-still-exists

Need to know the time or temp? There's (still) a phone number for that

Long before smartphones made finding out the time or temperature as easy as glancing at your screen, so-called Time & Temp lines were just a dial away. The concept may seem outdated, but the service still exists.

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Show threadJoe G
@markstos Who remembers tell me, with not only the time and temperature, but games, and all kinds of updates. #explainvintagetechnology
Apr 12, 2024 at 4:11amWeb