Then in 1878, he made the first telephone exchange in the British Empire. This was also the second telephone exchange in all of North America. The following season on 15 May 1879 he made Hamilton the site of the first commercial long-distance telephone line in the British Empire.
In 1878, Alexander Graham Bell created the first telephone network in the British Empire, which was also the second telephone system across North America. The following season, on May 15, 1879, he connected Hamilton as the site of the first commercial long-distance telephone line in the British Empire.