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Fake History Porn

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Welcome to /c/fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world , where fake history is made. Find a historically significant photo, come up with a fake history title, post it, laugh.

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Reality: A picture of the Swedish telephone exchange, with some 5,500 incoming lines.

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/the-stockholm-telephone-tower-1890/

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Even if there was primitive multiplexing on those cables, I am fairly sure a 100 Mbps link could handle all of them these days with bandwidth to spare.

Edit: Telephony multiplexing didn't show up till 1910 but telegraphy multiplexing was around since the 1870s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplexing

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but you wouldn't get that sweet analogue tone.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Can't imagine the weight of all those, never mind trying to find a particular one that was flaking out because some animal chewed through it or something.

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 7 points 2 weeks ago

C'mon bro, just one more phone line. Just one more and it'll be enough. Come on just one more line.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He's a menace, I tell ya!

[–] sober_monk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Respect the hyphen!