Boston has more telephones than Austria-Hungary, Los Angeles more than the Netherlands, and Kansas City more than Belgium.

Several office buildings and hotels in New York City have more instruments than the kingdoms of Greece or Bulgaria.

The whole of Great Britain and Ireland has about 650,000 telephones, which is only about 200,000 more, than the city of New York.
Mere numbers, however, tell only half the story.

It is when we compare service that American superiority stands most manifest.

The London newspapers are constantly filled with letters abusing the English telephone system.