"I'd like the number for Jennifer Smith in Richmond, Virginia," the young man said to the 411 operator.
"There are multiple listings for Jennifer Smith in Richmond, Virginia," the operator said. "Do you have a street name?"
The young man hesitated a moment, "Well, uh, most people call me Bubba."
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
~Ambrose Bierce
The commercial wireless phone was first introduced in Chicago in 1982 by Ameritech.