Wow and people get absolutely irate when they've lost their internet for 15 minutes now...
Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 1:40 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > This is what I will always associate with Mother's Day: > http://telecom-digest.org/telecom-archives/TELECOM_Digest_Online/1309.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:11 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls > > The old-school circuit switched network had built-in capacity issues > because every phone call required dedicated "circuits". ATT innovated > somewhat when they figured out how to multiplex phone calls, but overall > capacity was always dictated by the number of circuits they could build > and keep connected. > > Packet switching changed all that. That and glass. > > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 5/8/2021 4:16 PM, Nate Burke wrote: > > I seem to remember growing up that on the day after mothers day there > > was always a news report about the number of calls the phone company > > handled on Mothers day and what an amazing feat that was. When did > > that stop being a thing? I'm guessing in the world of voice now > > there's never a capacity problem. Equipment failure taking our a > > region, maybe, but even those seem very localized. When did Phone > > calls always just 'work'? It seems like just a couple years ago that > > WGN Radio finally got off of their 591 Choke exchange prefix. > > > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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