Just had renovations done at my house (2021). The wall where the kitchen phone was was demolished. I told the electrician that I needed the phone wiring moved to a different location. He was a younger guy and laughed. He told me he had never run telephone wiring before. In fact, he didn't have any wiring in his van. Luckily, I had some from years ago and he took care of my request. He was actually proud to pick up the phone and hear a dial tone.
This doesn't look like a consumer video, more likely a training video for sales staff. I worked electronics retail for a number of years, granted I started almost 20 years after this video was made but things haven't changed that much. It would probably be sent out to electronics stores to help them figure out how to sell AT&T products.
I like the phones in the video and nearly all of them can still be able to send and receive calls in today's business places or homes. You need to check with your telephone or cable TV company if the phone you want to use works in your building or home. Good video from AT&T of 1985.
Today, if he called in sick, then played tennis, his or his friend's phone would be used to take pics of him on the court, which would be posted on social media, and he's fired.
Brian Arbenz that was legitimately weird to think about..like back then, no social media and people just left their house just by themselves and no phone. No one could get in contact with them until they returned home..just on their own out in the world. 😳
Pre 1984: You have to rent our phones from your phone company. If you owned a phone it could go nuts and break the network and your neighbor can't call 911 and their house will burn down. Everything has to be approved and work perfectly. Post 1984: Screw the phone company, buy your phones from us! And buy answering machines, auto dialers, speaker phones, long cords, and plug as many devices into your wall as you can.
I have Verizon for my local service but I still lease my phone's from AT&T I love there princess phone I also love AT&T for long distance service AT&T has been around a long time
True, But in '85 200 channel scanners were expensive as hell, most average scanners had 8 or 10 channels. Most people wound not dedicate an entire scanner for this. The best way to listen in on cordless phones (and "baby" monitors of the era was a multiband radio with a "VHF-Lo: Band (30mhz-54mhz)would "work" these bands. Also TV sets made before 1983 (with the UHF channels 70-83 intact.) could receive AMPS (the early analog cellular system) phone calls!
The best thing in the 1990's was having a 60 watt, Low Band VHF (42-50 MHz) Motorola Maxtrac (mobile radio), pre-programmed with all 25 cordless phone channels, & equipped with a DTMF (Touch Tone) Microphone. The reception was incredible, and you could inject your own comments on calls! It gave a whole new meaning to 'reach out & touch someone'! :p Crazy that was over 25 years ago. Now, there isn't crap to listen to ...... it's all gone digital. :(
For you traveling salespeople who hate using public payphones, I have a feeling that in a few years a better idea will come along. I think a mobile cellular telephone might be your saving grace. ;-)
I have to laugh at how much money they spent on these videos. I've seen a lot of 'corporate video' and it doesn't usually use as many different locations or sets as this.
MAn, we had that cordless phone back in the late 80's. It picked up neighbor's phone calls. Me being a nosy kid I listened in to them. You could even pick up their line when it was free and make crank calls like crazy. I called numbers in Japan, Italy , UK and many more. The owners of the ATT cordless telephone got such with the super expensive international call bill. Yeah, dick move. Also, rotary phones sucked @$$! AT&T could make money selling those to douchebag hipsters.
Rotary phones have a certain charm & romance to them, I think more so than touch tone landline phones. I grew up using landlines so I don’t think of them as dinosaurs like many people do
I had to laugh when she was instructed to snip the wires less than an inch from handy screw terminals. Sure, maybe it's safer for the inexperienced, but still, that's hilarious. But overall, then took a serious downturn from previous product videos, but only in the writing and acting departments. Good gravy, how did anybody sign off on that first scene with the goofy black guy or BBQ guy?
I’m pretty sure the reason that stuff was allowed was because first of all this was after the bell system break up but mainly because it was not meant for The public to see it was meant for salesman. Sorry for my bad grammar
Just had renovations done at my house (2021). The wall where the kitchen phone was was demolished. I told the electrician that I needed the phone wiring moved to a different location. He was a younger guy and laughed. He told me he had never run telephone wiring before. In fact, he didn't have any wiring in his van. Luckily, I had some from years ago and he took care of my request. He was actually proud to pick up the phone and hear a dial tone.
I work for AT&T and have encountered numerous times where the line was lost in a kitchen remodel, glad he was able to save and relocate it for you
What a rich relaxing voice this man has!!
Can we just take a moment to appreciate the fact that "Ted" is a pretty good singer?
Most of the audience for films like these were AT&T employees at the endless meetings they had.
1:41 that yawn made me laugh my ass off.
NewAgeServerAlarm now I have a dirty mind
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Yes, that was funny.
Aw damn, shouldn't have pressed that weather button.
Always dial the weather before playing hooky. Come on Ted get your head in the game.
I could watch these all day
The song at 5:45 was some vapourware joy
Wow all these new features are amazing. Meanwhile I’m watching this on TH-cam on my iPhone
Which will seem so outdated one day.
This doesn't look like a consumer video, more likely a training video for sales staff. I worked electronics retail for a number of years, granted I started almost 20 years after this video was made but things haven't changed that much. It would probably be sent out to electronics stores to help them figure out how to sell AT&T products.
Since he says " your customers ', It's a video for sales staff rather than "end users".
30 years later, and AT&T still hasn't made landline billing any less unintelligible.
People still have landlines?
How are you going to call customer service to get help when you're trying to install your phone line? Lol they did not have cell phones.
That's the Huawei won the race
@@ronniepirtlejr2606 they gotta go to the neighbors
Their wireless website is still the worst in the world for a huge company.
I like the phones in the video and nearly all of them can still be able to send and receive calls in today's business places or homes. You need to check with your telephone or cable TV company if the phone you want to use works in your building or home. Good video from AT&T of 1985.
1:33 - Thanks for playing!
Love the classic Death Star logo!
The car at 13:50 is a AMC Renault Alliance sold through dealerships in the mid/late 80's...
antonio cruz shit I thought that was a mistubishi
I have a feeling these AT&T videos were for employees who were forced to watch
I would have loved to watch these as an employee...
Products training
Today, if he called in sick, then played tennis, his or his friend's phone would be used to take pics of him on the court, which would be posted on social media, and he's fired.
Brian Arbenz that was legitimately weird to think about..like back then, no social media and people just left their house just by themselves and no phone. No one could get in contact with them until they returned home..just on their own out in the world. 😳
Happened to an ex co worker of mine...she abused the hell outta her FMLA and was caught partying in Las Vegas as it was posted all over social media
"Where just a few years ago we would charge you $100 for a service call , now you can do it yourself for just $5"
Pre 1984: You have to rent our phones from your phone company. If you owned a phone it could go nuts and break the network and your neighbor can't call 911 and their house will burn down. Everything has to be approved and work perfectly.
Post 1984: Screw the phone company, buy your phones from us! And buy answering machines, auto dialers, speaker phones, long cords, and plug as many devices into your wall as you can.
I have Verizon for my local service but I still lease my phone's from AT&T I love there princess phone I also love AT&T for long distance service AT&T has been around a long time
It’s not the same AT&T. It broke apart in 1984. It’s a totally different company now.
www.amazon.com/Crosley-CR59-PI-Princess-Button-Technology/dp/B0000DHVMG/
OMG the guy at 1:43 is the intervention "best cry ever" guy.
We still actually do this with our newer elect. And others. Wow. Love it. 🙂
10:00 then Scanners had more than 200 Channels and you could listen in on the base frequency on 46 MHz VHF low-band and hear both sides talking.
True, But in '85 200 channel scanners were expensive as hell, most average scanners had 8 or 10 channels. Most people wound not dedicate an entire scanner for this. The best way to listen in on cordless phones (and "baby" monitors of the era was a multiband radio with a "VHF-Lo: Band (30mhz-54mhz)would "work" these bands. Also TV sets made before 1983 (with the UHF channels 70-83 intact.) could receive AMPS (the early analog cellular system) phone calls!
The best thing in the 1990's was having a 60 watt, Low Band VHF (42-50 MHz) Motorola Maxtrac (mobile radio), pre-programmed with all 25 cordless phone channels, & equipped with a DTMF (Touch Tone) Microphone. The reception was incredible, and you could inject your own comments on calls! It gave a whole new meaning to 'reach out & touch someone'! :p Crazy that was over 25 years ago. Now, there isn't crap to listen to ...... it's all gone digital. :(
That's probably why this was archived in the first place
since western electric phone are gone I like AT&T phones there just like them
14:17... She's not in there.
14:20... Nope, not in there, either!
😝
For you traveling salespeople who hate using public payphones, I have a feeling that in a few years a better idea will come along. I think a mobile cellular telephone might be your saving grace. ;-)
I knew it! That's the guy from the old shop n save ads!😂
Timestamp?
I think it may be time for Richard to go back to his Chato in Bordo. LOL. BUSTED!
Corporate communications needed something to justify their budget.
6:16 Alex Cahill 😲
6:38 BUSTED :) LOL
I liked the guy farting when the alarm woke him up.
Uh he didn't?
That judge is left handed.
Look at that antenna it’s huge! Lol
Quality of there phones went down after they were moved form USA To china and elsewhere
Jeffery Pardue what do you mean NEARLY any of these old phones? Why couldn't ANY of them still be used & fully functional?
QUIZFILTER It can be if it is touch tone.
rotary as well. it is hard to get but rotary service is still available or you can get a pulse to tone converter and plug it in.
at the beginning at the vidso you can hear the everyone knows that for years. echo twice
Product of "print through" on magnetic tape. Now with digital recording, I have to add this in "post" to get a "tape" sound, LOL!
@@jamesslick4790 ah ok
How cheesy can the dialog get? LOL
How are you going to call customer service to get help when you're trying to install your phone line? Lol they did not have cell phones.
You used your neighbor's phone.
Tin cans and a string.
What is the telephone model with the one touch dialing?
It's an AT&T Genesis
10:39 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂
Did atnt have 5g phone now?
The future is so bright I have to wear shades.
*gotta wear
Wow, push a button and get a weather report. LOL
🤯🤯🤯
I am do my own work on my cell phone.
Now they just over charge for iPhones.
Wow. 😐
What is the cordless phone model
I have to laugh at how much money they spent on these videos. I've seen a lot of 'corporate video' and it doesn't usually use as many different locations or sets as this.
The overal quality is better than usual. The acting isn't bad and even the writing isn't toe-curling as usual.
08:48 totally not racist at all (lol)
Is he wearing tighty whities under the boxers??
MAn, we had that cordless phone back in the late 80's. It picked up neighbor's phone calls. Me being a nosy kid I listened in to them. You could even pick up their line when it was free and make crank calls like crazy. I called numbers in Japan, Italy , UK and many more. The owners of the ATT cordless telephone got such with the super expensive international call bill. Yeah, dick move. Also, rotary phones sucked @$$! AT&T could make money selling those to douchebag hipsters.
Rotary phones have a certain charm & romance to them, I think more so than touch tone landline phones. I grew up using landlines so I don’t think of them as dinosaurs like many people do
Mmmm
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Thank you for farting in my ear TED!!!!!!
Lol, AT&t, our customers are a bunch of liars when they talk on the telephone
Liars, passive aggressive husbands, womanizers, dolts, absent mothers... AT&T sure didn’t think highly of their customers I guess.
Mute Stingray They still don’t. I switched to Verizon. Nice people.
Billy Fulks ironic since Verizon is Bell Atlantic
@@christopherwaits7852 And NYNEX
So everyone?
I like weenies
This is racist
just sayin'
Ted's trying to get outta work...
typical!
Shady,
That first guy was annoying as hell!
Considering how racist and sexist this video is, I don't know why AT&T brought this back from the dead...Seams pretty tone deaf to me.
Fuck off liberal
It's their archive its historic
Who is the main actor /narrator?
I had to laugh when she was instructed to snip the wires less than an inch from handy screw terminals. Sure, maybe it's safer for the inexperienced, but still, that's hilarious.
But overall, then took a serious downturn from previous product videos, but only in the writing and acting departments. Good gravy, how did anybody sign off on that first scene with the goofy black guy or BBQ guy?
I’m pretty sure the reason that stuff was allowed was because first of all this was after the bell system break up but mainly because it was not meant for The public to see it was meant for salesman. Sorry for my bad grammar