PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTelephone tower in Stockholm, Sweden, ~1890lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down13
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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·2 months 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-squarecr1cket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoUhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.
minus-squarebdonvrAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoNot quite. They figured out how to get more signals on one cable full before the digital era
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.
Uhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.
Not quite. They figured out how to get more signals on one cable full before the digital era