People wanted to be able to speak to people far away, with a device that anyone could use. This led to the invention of the telephone. Though many people made discoveries that led to inventing the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell is credited with its invention in 1876. Telephone service in the United States started in 1877. Now Today, nearly everyone has a telephone.
Most people have more than one.
Many of today's phones have an answering machine inside, so people can leave messages if there is no answer. They also include features like Caller ID , Call Waiting , and speaker phones . Even with the new features, phones still work the same way they have for many years. One of the new types of phones is the cordless phone, which lets you move around while you are talking on the phone. It doesn't need to be connected with a wire like regular telephones.