[174278] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: old-school wiring nightmares
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Corbe)
Wed Sep 3 14:29:48 2014
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From: Daniel Corbe <corbe@corbe.net>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 14:29:38 -0400
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(Christopher Morrow's message of "Wed, 3 Sep 2014 13:41:34 -0400")
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Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John Kinsella <jlk@thrashyour.com> wrote:
>> Wiring closet rats nests have frequently been a fun topic, so with that in
>> mind, may I present telephone lines in Stockholm, circa late 1800s:
>> http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/telefontornet-stockholm/
>>
>> Have fun wire-tracing *that*
And things worked like that for decades.
>
> imagine the probably almost constant outages in the winter months due
> to ice buildup on the lines...
>
This still happens. Overhead fiber is a thing you know.
>> Click through to the flickr albums - the Tekniska Museet has put some great
>> stuff up!
