Chat line

{{Short description|Allows people to meet via telephone}}

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A chat line is a service that allows people to meet and talk with others via telephone call. When multiple people can join the call, they are also called party lines. However, more recent{{when|date=February 2014}} chat lines are similar to CB radio in which a number of people both listen and speak together.{{Cite book |last=Noll |first=A. Michael |year=2007 |title=The Evolution of Media |location=Lanham |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=34–35 |isbn=978-0742554818 |oclc=70778314 }}