What is the Best Intercom?
Intercom History
The first intercoms were developed in the late 1800s. They used speaking tubes to talk to other people in the building.
Business organizations were the first to use these intercoms. The office manager could reach his secretary or other people in various departments in the building.
The invention of the telephone in the early 1900s made it easier to connect everyone. By the 1950s, the telephone connected people all over the world. The intercoms used the same technology as the phone system. In the 1970s, the analog intercoms made it easy for the manager to talk to the accounting department or the manufacturing floor.
Digital IP intercoms that attach to the network were made available in the 1990s. It made it much easier to install intercoms around schools, offices, and hospitals. The latest intercom systems use smartphone apps and cloud servers to enable direct communication all over the world. This article provides the pros and cons of different intercom systems.
