--- dhill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We were on a party line in the 80's. Can you
> imagine how that would
> have affected an Internet connection.
Its actually illegal to use a modem, FAX or similar
device on a party line. The last party line in
Idaho was done away with several years ago, early
90's at least. It was cheaper to run all new wire
and install a computerized switch for about 12 phones
than it was to pay one human operator. :)
Later at the same town of Atlanta, their old wooden
dam was leaking bad. It had filled up with so much
silt over 100+ years that the water was only about
2 feet deep behind it. So what does the Army Corps
of Engineers do? They pour a heavy concrete cap
on top of the crumbling thing. About a week later
*FWOOSH*! No more dam, no more bridge. Then the
"environazis" tried to block the building of a new
dam and generator but they were told to go @#%#
themselves. Its all privately owned land there
in spite of the nutters attempts to eliminate
Atlanta. :) The second time around the ACoE built
a completely new concrete dam like they should've
done to start with. At least the residents were
prepared to live without electricity and phones
while the new dam was under construction
because the old old generator wasn't the most
reliable thing anymore. ;)
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