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minus-square itsonlygeorge ( @itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink12•8 months agoThe whole point of having a landline was that it worked when the power was out.
minus-square Catsrules ( @Catsrules@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilink3•8 months agoThis was a network outage not a power outage.
minus-square itsonlygeorge ( @itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com ) linkfedilink1•8 months agoYea I am aware. My point is that an analog system doesn’t have network outages unless the physical copper wires are all down. Digital systems are much more fragile.
minus-square beefcat ( @beefcat@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink3•edit-28 months agoAnalog telephony was still built on a complex automated network. Those rooms full of operators manually connecting callers by plugging in physical wires haven’t been a thing for 70 years. They even started going digital in the ‘60s.
The whole point of having a landline was that it worked when the power was out.
This was a network outage not a power outage.
Yea I am aware. My point is that an analog system doesn’t have network outages unless the physical copper wires are all down.
Digital systems are much more fragile.
Analog telephony was still built on a complex automated network. Those rooms full of operators manually connecting callers by plugging in physical wires haven’t been a thing for 70 years. They even started going digital in the ‘60s.