Southern Bell Telephone Company

This promoted economic equality and gave northern and southern workers a common workman's pride in the industry

Homeowners could now communicate with friends and family all across Georgia by picking up their telephone and talking to the operator.

The spread of a large national company such as the Southern Bell Company showed that the south was slowly being rebuilt to its former glory, and to a point that the economy would compete with the industrial north.

This use of northern technology was an obvious show of how the South was not far behind the North in industrial growth

The Southern Bell Company implemented the same technology used in the northern cities into the southern towns

Businesses could now conduct their work with people in other places speedily and efficiently as if they were right there in the room

This new invention created virtually endless possibilities in the way business could be conducted in America.

The Southern Bell Telephone Company announced they would be opening a telephone line that runs through Macon, GA, from Atlanta.

Southern Bell Telephone Company

The Southern Bell company constantly updated their systems in Macon to make sure that the systems were on par with those of any other city in America

These continual improvements drove more people to buy their products and invest in them more, which progressed the Southern economy

The Southern Bell Telephone Company helped with economic and industrial development in the South and instilled Southern pride in the late 19th century.

The Southern Bell Telephone Company lowered prices of phone line installation in response to competing companies

The emergence of a competing market in this industry showed progression and therefore promised technological advancements in the future

Southern Bell was a large, dependable chain telephone company within the town allowing for better expansion of business.

The lowering of price of the telephone line made it more practical and more attractive to the public eye, leading to more applications down the line

The Southern Bell Telephone Company was more reliable than local companies simply because of its size. Associating a business with this company would have better ensured its national spread.

The Southern Bell Telephone Company was able to use its size and wealth to buy out local companies and gain a monopoly over many small towns and cities