Sympatico goes MSN

[Duncan MacGregor]

On Tuesday 15 June 2004 06:52 am, James Knott wrote:
> David Colebatch wrote:

> I pay $40.50 (CDN) per month for that.  Canada has always had a good
> communications system.  In fact the first "long distance" call took
> place here, in an experiment by A.G. Bell. 

The first long distance call was performed between Toronto and Hamilton
by Abner Rosebrugh, using telegraph lines for the purpose. Abner Rosebrugh 
owned the first telephone company in Toronto (The Toronto Telephone Dispatch 
Company). He held patents in telephony and ultimately sold his company to 
Bell. 

> His first phone was also largely developed here.

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