How Kirksville Got Telephone Service
Kirksville’s first documented telephone was a private two-point line in 1881; a real interconnected local exchange followed around 1890.
Telephone History
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The Journal Printing Building: Newspapers, Printing and Early Telephone Service in Kirksville
The 1905 Journal Printing Building at 119 S. Elson housed newspaper printing, apartments and a long-running second-floor telephone exchange.
How Local Phone Lines Carried Kirksville Onto the Internet
Dial-up Internet used ordinary telephone loops to place modem calls to an ISP, while later DSL reused copper differently and could support higher-speed data without acting like a normal voice call.