phone lines
Wired voice connections
Phone lines are the wired connections that carry telephone signals, originally copper cables linking homes and businesses to the telephone network.
The term persists even as technology shifts: The phone lines were down after the storm.
In a business context, phone lines often means available channels for incoming calls: All our phone lines are busy—please hold.
Telephone routing panel
- operatorOne who works machinery
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- dialGraduated circular indicator
- handsetHeld telephone component
corded · extension · area code · PSTN · PBX · ISDN · VoIP · telecom
Heavy-duty woven line
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- copper wiresMetal strands conducting electricity
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
junction · splice · trunk · circuit · grid · poles · underground · aerial
Exchange of spoken ideas
- callContact by phone
- holdMaintain in grasp
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- transferMove between locations
disconnect · hang up · pickup · ring · voicemail · caller · receiver · connection
Phone service for assistance
- crisis lineEmergency support phone service
- suicide preventionStopping self-inflicted death
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
- tip lineChannel for anonymous reports
complaint line · inquiry · toll-free number · 24-hour · queue · wait time · hold music
switchboard
Telephone routing panel
handset · corded · extension · area code · PSTN · PBX · ISDN · VoIP · telecom · telephony
cable
Heavy-duty woven line
- wiringInstalled electrical conductors
- copper wiresMetal strands conducting electricity
- fiber-opticLight-carrying cable technology
conduit · junction · splice · trunk · circuit · grid · poles · underground · aerial · installation
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
transfer · disconnect · hang up · pickup · ring · voicemail · caller · receiver · connection · signal
helpline
Phone service for assistance
- crisis lineEmergency support phone service
- suicide preventionStopping self-inflicted death
- customer serviceAssistance for buyers
tip line · complaint line · inquiry · toll-free number · 24-hour · queue · wait time · hold music
- communication infrastructurefiber optics, cable, coaxial cable, ethernet, antenna
- telecom infrastructurecell tower, central office, switchboard, trunk line, fiber optic
- telecom operationsnetwork management, switchboards, performance management, network security, provisioning
- phone companytelco, switchboard, operator, PSTN
- telephonycall, dial tone, dial, handset, switchboard
- phone servicesvoicemail, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, call blocking
phone linesmobile networks
Wireless communication infrastructure
radio waves · 5G · Bluetooth · wireless · wireless networks
phone linescell phones
Wireless handheld communication devices
mobile phones · smartphones · wireless communication · VoIP · digital communication
phone, lines, telephone, microphone, phones, megaphone, smartphone, telephones, headphones