Who Needs VoIP or Wireless? Company Sells New 30-Year-Old Telephones.
FrillFreePhones.com sells heavy Elvis-era phones with rotary dials and bells that actually ring, to people who long for the 20th century.
Milford, CT, June 04, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Telecom equipment supplier AbleComm, Inc. sells modern phone systems with VoIP, voicemail, wireless headsets and all of the latest 21st-century technology.
But for people who miss the simpler 20th century, the company also sells rotary dial phones made in the 1970s, with no antennas, no power cords, no transformers, no GigaHertzes or MegaHertzes, and bells that actually ring.
AbleComm started selling phones and phone systems way back in 1977. In the mid 1980s, the business changed faster than the company anticipated. People stopped buying basic phones, and AbleComm still had hundreds.
They couldn’t sell them and didn't give them away or throw them away; they just put them away.
After a couple of decades, what was old became new again. People started asking for old-fashioned phones. Some wanted to re-create a mid-20th century room. Others liked the feel and sound of a rotary phone dial, or wanted phones in colors that were not made anymore. Some just thought the older, heavier phones were made better than newer models.
The staff at AbleComm blew off the dust, unpacked the old cases, sorted and tested the phones, came back to the future, and set up http://www.FrillFreePhones.com
The company has a large (but not endless) supply of “New Old Stock” phones, as well as refurbished phones, and reproductions of Western Electric phones from the 1930s through the 1960s. Styles include desk and wall phones, Trimline and Princess phones, multi-line phones for home and business, and even payphones and older “candlestick” models. Shipping is free to all 50 states.
For people who want something basic and reliable, but more modern, the company has brand-new touch-tone phones, with five-year warranties. The FrillFreePhones.com website also has vintage Bell System advertisements, parts, accessories and tips for updating old phones.
While the company gets requests for colors (or flavors) ranging from lime to orange to chocolate, the most popular are basic black, and hotline red. Company president Michael N. Marcus says, "Everyone wants to have a red phone. It makes people feel important. Maybe they expect a call from the White House, the Kremlin, or Batman.”
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AbleComm, Inc. – "the Telecom Department Store" – is based in Milford, CT and operates over 30 websites and has been in business for nearly 30 years. The company supplies a wide range of phone equipment to customers ranging from homeowners and entrepreneurs to major corporations, government agencies and the military.
But for people who miss the simpler 20th century, the company also sells rotary dial phones made in the 1970s, with no antennas, no power cords, no transformers, no GigaHertzes or MegaHertzes, and bells that actually ring.
AbleComm started selling phones and phone systems way back in 1977. In the mid 1980s, the business changed faster than the company anticipated. People stopped buying basic phones, and AbleComm still had hundreds.
They couldn’t sell them and didn't give them away or throw them away; they just put them away.
After a couple of decades, what was old became new again. People started asking for old-fashioned phones. Some wanted to re-create a mid-20th century room. Others liked the feel and sound of a rotary phone dial, or wanted phones in colors that were not made anymore. Some just thought the older, heavier phones were made better than newer models.
The staff at AbleComm blew off the dust, unpacked the old cases, sorted and tested the phones, came back to the future, and set up http://www.FrillFreePhones.com
The company has a large (but not endless) supply of “New Old Stock” phones, as well as refurbished phones, and reproductions of Western Electric phones from the 1930s through the 1960s. Styles include desk and wall phones, Trimline and Princess phones, multi-line phones for home and business, and even payphones and older “candlestick” models. Shipping is free to all 50 states.
For people who want something basic and reliable, but more modern, the company has brand-new touch-tone phones, with five-year warranties. The FrillFreePhones.com website also has vintage Bell System advertisements, parts, accessories and tips for updating old phones.
While the company gets requests for colors (or flavors) ranging from lime to orange to chocolate, the most popular are basic black, and hotline red. Company president Michael N. Marcus says, "Everyone wants to have a red phone. It makes people feel important. Maybe they expect a call from the White House, the Kremlin, or Batman.”
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AbleComm, Inc. – "the Telecom Department Store" – is based in Milford, CT and operates over 30 websites and has been in business for nearly 30 years. The company supplies a wide range of phone equipment to customers ranging from homeowners and entrepreneurs to major corporations, government agencies and the military.
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Michael N. Marcus
203 878-8383
www.AbleComm.com
Michael N. Marcus
203 878-8383
www.AbleComm.com
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