PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTelephone tower in Stockholm, Sweden, ~1890lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1319arrow-down13
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minus-squareNougat@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·1 month 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-up13·1 month agoUhm, no. Multiplexing also existed in pure analog times.
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month 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