This news story goes out to the older generation here at WinCustomize who will actually remember the Time service provided by AT&T.  You see, once upon a time you could pick up your phone, dial a number and be told the time of day where you were.  A seemingly silly thing in this day and age of cell phones, digital watches and other devices that automatically sync their clocks to some far off server.  The service, which has been in operation since the 1920s only remains in operation in two states: California and Nevada.

On September 19th, the service will shutdown in California.  Nevada's service will only last as long as the aging technology, now without much possibility of repair, starts to fail.

I remember a similar service when I was younger that would give you the time, temperature and weather forecast on a continuous loop.  While the service is pretty useless now, I'm still a little sad to see it go.