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Regulation
Wildcard
100
This organization, founded in 1934, regulates Communications in America.
What is the FCC?
100
This company considers itself to be more of a marketing company than a Telecom company.
What is RingCentral?
100
This was the original name of AT&T.
What was Bell Telephone Company?
100
This law increased competitiveness and allowed number portability for the first time.
What is the Telecommunications act of 1996?
100
This man discovered Telephony.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
200
This technology, still in use today, was introduced only 7 years after the Telegram.
What is Faxing?
200
This company *JUST* sold to Vonage.
Who is Vocalocity?
200
This company's phones, according to a recent study, take over two hours to provision.
Who is Cisco?
200
This fundamental technology is still illegal in many countries.
What is VoIP?
200
This was the first company to put a phone in a car.
Who is Motorola?
300
Many people know AT&T, but do you know what it stands for?
What is American Telephone and Telegraph?
300
A popular term for discussing distributed systems in hosted datacenters.
What is "Cloud"?
300
This is what Michael Jordan and PRIs have in Common.
What is "23"?
300
This was the technical term for the "Baby Bells".
What is Regional Bell Operating Company or RBOC?
300
This President, for whom a local campus landmark is named, was the first to put a phone on his desk.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
This was, arguably, the greatest research facility in history employing, at one time, over 20 Nobel Laureates.
What is Bell Labs?
400
This protocol is only used on Cisco phones, much to the regret of our provisioning engineers.
What is Skinny (SCCP)?
400
This term, usually associated with social gatherings, was also the name given to shared lines in the 1940's.
What were "Party" lines?
400
This is the term given to telecom providers participating in local markets after 1984.
What is Competitive Local Exchange Operator or CLEC?
400
When operators were connecting distant parties, they used this nautical phrase to check the line.
What is "Ahoy!"?
500
This man's unearthly occupation as _____ didn't stop him from inventing the Strowger Switch.
What is an Undertaker?
500
The best hosted platform on the planet.
What is Kazoo?
500
This company was one a prominent manufacturer of Phone Systems but is now more known for its Android phones and Television sets.
Who is Samsung?
500
This is the settlement that established AT&T as a government sanctioned monopoly one hundred years ago this year.
What is the Kingsbury Commitment?
500
This is the last day Earth had a single moon.
What is October 4th, 1963? (Sputnik)
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