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Re: Muni Fiber and Politics
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:47:24 -0500
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".
-- Requiescas in pace o email Two identifying characteristics of System Administrators: Ex turpi causa non oritur actio Infallibility, and the ability to learn from their mistakes. (Adapted from Stephen Pinker)
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- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 22)
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- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Scott Helms (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Scott Helms (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Scott Helms (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Steven Saner (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Miles Fidelman (Jul 23)
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- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Larry Sheldon (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics John Osmon (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Eric Brunner-Williams (Jul 23)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Jay Ashworth (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Steven Saner (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Jay Ashworth (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Mikael Abrahamsson (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Owen DeLong (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Owen DeLong (Jul 22)
- Re: Muni Fiber and Politics Scott Helms (Jul 22)