During a study of evolving telephone designs for our new book, my coauthor Russell A. Flinchum and I came across two of Pratt’s distinguished alumni who had connections to the Bell Telephone System.

I've been involved in personal finance and property journalism for the past 20 years, editing websites and writing for national newspapers. My objective has always been to offer no-nonsense ...

Make free long-distance telephone calls. It seems like an attractive and logical conclusion to aggressive price wars between long-distance service providers. It seems too good to be true, and in many ...