Captain Long Story, US Cavalry Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Before Ma Bell came to town, and long before DSL, it was barbed wire, ofall things, that brought rural communities together. A Sears telephone hooked up to barbed wire—miles of which were already conveniently strung along fences—connected far-flung ranches in the recently settled American west. Thus an ingenious and unregulated telephone system sprung up a hundred years ago. http://gizmodo.com/barbed-wire-fences-were-an-early-diy-telephone-network-1493157700/@sarahzhang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 http://gizmodo.com/barbed-wire-fences-were-an-early-diy-telephone-network-1493157700/@sarahzhang I heard my dad and some other old-timers talk about this. I thought they were "gee-whizzing"me. Thanks for showing me the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Ray Hality, SASS# 37355 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Now that is cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 American ingenuity! Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamley Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 We still used these when I was a kid. Smooth wire worked better than barbed wire. Hamley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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