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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·23 hours agoBefore fiber/digital (able to carry multiple call streams on the same physical conduit), when all phones were analog on copper, this is how all telephones were wired, just with smaller wires all bundled together, and often buried underground.
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·18 hours agoNot quite. They figured out how to get more signals on one cable full before the digital era
minus-squarecr1cket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 hours agoUhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.
Before fiber/digital (able to carry multiple call streams on the same physical conduit), when all phones were analog on copper, this is how all telephones were wired, just with smaller wires all bundled together, and often buried underground.
Not quite. They figured out how to get more signals on one cable full before the digital era
Uhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.