But now the increasingly widespread adoption of voice-over-IP technology (or Internet phone calling) could make the recording and archiving of phone calls much easier and more common.
Archives of phone conversations could be very useful in the corporate world, particularly in businesses that already have to keep track of all their communications for regulatory reasons, like the financial services industry.
If you have a phone book, school directory, or archive of coworker phone numbers, look up their number.
They span rock, pop, folk, gospel, jazz, blues, Broadway and spoken word recordings, and they run the gamut from No. 1 pop and rock hits to historically noteworthy audio documents such as President Lyndon B. Johnson's vast archive of recorded phone calls and staff meetings.
The company has a huge archive of data on phone calls, both foreign and domestic, that were handled by its network equipment, not just those of its own customers.
At the inquiry, headed by Lord Justice Sir Brian Leveson, Mr. Hunt faced intense questioning over an extensive archive of e-mails, phone calls, text messages and other communications with Mr. Murdoch, his son James and News Corporation executives that suggested he was sympathetic to the bid.
To open: A digital archive of President John F. Kennedy's speeches, phone conversations, and other artifacts.
A scannable barcode on the receipt allows the merchant to scan the phone itself in the event of a customer return or refund request, and the accompanying mobile app on the customer's phone provides an archive of their transactions.
Using any type of phone and a computer, hosts can create free, live, call-in talk shows with unlimited participants that are automatically archived and made available as podcasts.
Dongguan's laborers assemble cellphones, but they purchase them as well, and with their speed-dial archives of acquaintances, the phones become a sort of lifeline, the only way to keep track of the breakneck comings and goings of friends.
