[singleshot_]

> This is how phones sounded half a century ago. "can you hear me .... are you there ..... can you talk louder ...."

No, landlines in 1975 sounded outstanding. I didn’t hear the phrase “can you hear me now” until I got my first oki (1992?)

[jillesvangurp]

Local ones yes. International connections were a lot less nice.