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tags: camp, century, 21, calling tags: camp, century, 21, calling
summary: Tune in for an online version of Century 21 Calling on the topic of telecommunication and conference calls. Join "the party line"! summary: Tune in for an online version of Century 21 Calling on the topic of telecommunication and conference calls. Join "the party line"!
**Stay tuned for the streaming link here https://www.twitch.tv/raininforcements **Stay tuned for the streaming link here https://www.twitch.tv/raininforcements<br>
Join the chat here https://webchat.freenode.net/?#varia** Join the chat here https://webchat.freenode.net/?#varia**
With the current world situation, a large demand for video chats and voice calls via the Internet has popped up. Many are now working and studying from home for the first time. However, meet-ups via telecommunication are not a new idea, this idea and the corresponding technology has been flying around from the 1870s with services of the “party line” or telephone conference calls. A party line is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers. Party line systems were widely used to provide telephone service, starting with the first commercial switchboards in 1878. With the current world situation, a large demand for video chats and voice calls via the Internet has popped up. Many are now working and studying from home for the first time. However, meet-ups via telecommunication are not a new idea, this idea and the corresponding technology has been flying around from the 1870s with services of the “party line” or telephone conference calls. A party line is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers. Party line systems were widely used to provide telephone service, starting with the first commercial switchboards in 1878.