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Back in the 30s I used to spend some summers with my grandparents on the farm in Wisconsin.
They had a "Farmers Telephone system". They farmers owned it & maintained it. It was a system of TWO wires on telephone poles running through the whole area. It had a central office in the local village.
They did not have any electricity or running water. It was 5 rooms & a path!
It ran on a signal system. Any emergency was one long ring! Everyone got on the line to find out what the emergency was. The problem was that every listener degraded the line somewhat! (Broadband?)
My grand parents' signal was 2 longs & 1 short.
You rang other people on the line by their ring code (URL).
Everyone could hear all the rings & know who was being called!
This was great if you wanted to find out what was going on!
Everyone could listen to all conversations. If someone was sick, you would listen in on their ring to find out how they were. Some phones had switches. When you switched it on other people online could not hear what was going on in the room. It was called the "Rubber Switch", because it allowed listening to other people without them knowing. This was Called "Rubbernecking"
Gossip was rife! Just like Facebook without video!
It was used to find the time, cooking instructions, advice on sick animals etc.
Who was going into town so you could hook a ride Etc., Etc.
It was the FIRST Internet!!
Tully
They had a "Farmers Telephone system". They farmers owned it & maintained it. It was a system of TWO wires on telephone poles running through the whole area. It had a central office in the local village.
They did not have any electricity or running water. It was 5 rooms & a path!
It ran on a signal system. Any emergency was one long ring! Everyone got on the line to find out what the emergency was. The problem was that every listener degraded the line somewhat! (Broadband?)
My grand parents' signal was 2 longs & 1 short.
You rang other people on the line by their ring code (URL).
Everyone could hear all the rings & know who was being called!
This was great if you wanted to find out what was going on!
Everyone could listen to all conversations. If someone was sick, you would listen in on their ring to find out how they were. Some phones had switches. When you switched it on other people online could not hear what was going on in the room. It was called the "Rubber Switch", because it allowed listening to other people without them knowing. This was Called "Rubbernecking"
Gossip was rife! Just like Facebook without video!
It was used to find the time, cooking instructions, advice on sick animals etc.
Who was going into town so you could hook a ride Etc., Etc.
It was the FIRST Internet!!
Tully
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