On April 20, 1964, Bell Telephone presented the first coast-to-coast video call between installations at the World’s Fair in New York City and the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, Calif. The commercial service based on this high-visibility debut cost $16 for a three-minute video chat and failed within four years. You can participate in one of the 21st century’s abundant video-chat alternatives even without a camera-enabled communications device, and spend far less, if anything, for the call. Writer Bio
