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First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci).

Probably the best landline system was/is in Germany. The ISDN was a complete digital system beginning from the 80s, having features that are not present in current mobile technologies. Calling was almost instant, probably only matched with VoLTE or SIP in local networks. Deutsche Telekom tried very hard to adapt most of the ISDN features to SIP.



> First telephone was invented by an Italian (Antonio Meucci).

Living in New York and granted a US patent...


> In 1834 Meucci constructed a type of acoustic telephone to communicate between the stage and control room at the Teatro of Pergola

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Meucci


You wrote "how they managed" and by "they" I assume you meant US-americans. Which is not the case for Meucci.


What do you mean by "calling was almost instant"?


You dial a number. The other party will start ringing.


And not just calling. There was no need for a lengthy handshake after the connection was setup for ISDN modems.




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