It's incredible to think that while the entire world was using magnetic strip type
telephone cards to prepay calls, the USA was sticking to their number dial-in
technology. Here is America's first attempt at getting the,
now famous Landis & Gyr system in motion.
It was the commitment of the largest company in America, New York
Telephone / NYNEX ( now called Verizon ), to pioneer these special
telephones along with these cards. Initially only a few of these special yellow
phones were available ( one at the Staten Island Ferry ),
but others began popping up around New York's busiest locations.
Presented here is one of America's First magnetic strip cards all in brand new,
unused, mint condition, in the original packaging.
telephone cards to prepay calls, the USA was sticking to their number dial-in
technology. Here is America's first attempt at getting the,
now famous Landis & Gyr system in motion.
It was the commitment of the largest company in America, New York
Telephone / NYNEX ( now called Verizon ), to pioneer these special
telephones along with these cards. Initially only a few of these special yellow
phones were available ( one at the Staten Island Ferry ),
but others began popping up around New York's busiest locations.
Presented here is one of America's First magnetic strip cards all in brand new,
unused, mint condition, in the original packaging.
The card features a view of lower Manhattan with the magnetic
strip cutting thru the two towers of the World Trade Center.
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