Subj : Re: barbed wire telephony
To   : Oli
From : Blue White
Date : Fri Feb 18 2022 15:29:46

-=> Oli wrote to All <=-

 Ol> More than just physical wire differentiated these rural telephone
 Ol> systems and their more formal urban counterparts. Without switchboards,
 Ol> without individual lines, and without telephone fees, the barbed wire
 Ol> telephone system became its own social network. [...]"

 Ol> Full article from 2014:
 Ol> https://gizmodo.com/barbed-wire-fences-were-an-early-diy-telephone-netwo
 Ol> rk-1493157700

That is pretty awesome, and I am surprised I never heard of it before.
People can be very creative when they need to be.  :)


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