telephone lines
Poles carry these
Telephone lines are the wires that carry voice signals between telephones, strung on poles or buried underground.
The term extends to the connections themselves: The telephone lines were down after the storm.
A telephone line can also mean a phone number or account: We have two telephone lines at the office.
Telephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- handsetHeld telephone component
dial · rotary · touch-tone · operator · PBX · extension · busy signal · dial tone
Long sticks or extremities
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- insulatorsMaterials blocking energy transfer
- overheadLocated directly above
underground · conduit · junction box · splice · twisted pair · wires · stringing · utility
Across great distances
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- overseasIn foreign countries
- area codeRegional telephone identifier
- country codeAlphanumeric national identifier
call charges · connection · static · crossed lines · eavesdropping · wiretapping · hold · disconnection
switchboard
Telephone routing panel
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- landlineStationary wired telephone
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
handset · dial · rotary · touch-tone · operator · PBX · extension · busy signal · dial tone · ringtone
poles
Long sticks or extremities
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- insulatorsMaterials blocking energy transfer
overhead · underground · conduit · junction box · splice · twisted pair · wires · stringing · utility · right-of-way
long-distance
Across great distances
- internationalConcerning relations among countries
- overseasIn foreign countries
- area codeRegional telephone identifier
country code · call charges · connection · static · crossed lines · eavesdropping · wiretapping · hold · disconnection · engaged
- overhead wirespower lines, catenary, transmission lines, high voltage lines
- underground infrastructureunderground storage, conduits, water pipes, gas pipes, sewer pipes
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- analog technologyanalog clocks, analog clock, analog computers, film cameras, analog meter
- Soviet projectsSputnik, Chernobyl
- wiringwires, cables, harnesses, copper wire, copper wires
telephone lineswireless
Untethered signal transmission
wireless communication · radio waves · Wi-Fi · satellite transmission · mobile networks
telephone linescellular networks
Wireless communication infrastructure for phones
5G · 4G LTE · mobile phones · smartphones · fiber optics
telephone linessatellite communication
Transmission via orbiting relay
wireless signals · airwaves · radio frequency · satellite links · cellular towers
line, telephone, telephones, telemarketing, telephony, telephonic, phone line, telephone line, telegraph line