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Not even close to this one.

arcade.pirillo.com/dial-up.html

Ah the Townie ™ phone that ATT farmed out to Western Electric to manufacture. Real America ™ had wall mount models on party lines. If calls were 3 minutes standing is fine.

Everyone had one because you were only allowed to attach Bell Telephone equipment to the phone lines. And they were built like tanks because Bell didn't want to have to service them. Monopolies have their own incentives.