American Bell

American Bell refers to two entities that were associated with the Bell System.

  • Bell Telephone Company, at one time known as American Bell Telephone Company, original parent of American Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • AT&T Information Systems, founded in 1982 as American Bell, Inc., an unregulated subsidiary of American Telephone and Telegraph Company that sold telephone equipment

Famous quotes containing the words american and/or bell:

    “For most Northerners, Texas is the home of real men. The cowboys, the rednecks, the outspoken self-made right-wing millionaires strike us as either the best or worst examples of American manliness.... The ideal is not an illusion nor is it contemptible, no matter what damage it may have done. Many people who scorn it in conversation want to submit to it in bed. Those who believe machismo reeks of violence alone choose to forget it once stood for honor as well.”
    —Edmund White (b. 1940)

    “By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
    By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)