[173422] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Muni Fiber and Politics
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Wed Jul 23 19:47:33 2014
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Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:47:24 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 7/23/2014 10:24 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Funny story. There are a huge number of independent telcos in Iowa. The
> reason: early on, farmers discovered that you could turn pairs of barbed
> wired strands into party lines. Things developed from there.
In California in the 1960s Pacific had tariffs for un-francised
territories for "toll stations" and "farmer lines"--the later often
terminating at a small cord board.
I recall taking a clearance from a repairman as "somebody left the gate
open".
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