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An intersting use for phone relays [telecom]

Check this out. I think it's an awesome use of discarded technology. http://hackaday.com/2010/11/18/electromechanical-co...
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posted by kd1s.nospam
11 comments posted 15yrs posted by kd1s.nospam

Amtel Apartment Entry Security Phone [telecom]

In a recent building demolition I grabbed an Amtel Apartment entry type phone. (I can email pictures). Basically there...
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posted by michael.muderick
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Transoceanic telephony (history) [telecom]

An interesting article from Bell System Technical Journal of June 1942 describing research into developing a transocean...
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posted by hancock4
4 comments posted 15yrs posted by hancock4

Caution urged on medical apps [telecom]

The Phila Inqr had an article about the explosion of wireless technology used in health care, but there are questions a...
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posted by hancock4
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by hancock4

When country codes become +1-NPA codes [telecom]

Since the mid-1990s a few areas, namely US territories in the Pacific Ocean, joined the NANPA. I understand why they di...
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posted by john
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More on magneto (hand crank) phones [telecom]

The April 2015 issue of Singing Wires of TCI (Telephone Collectors International) had an article about postwar rural te...
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posted by hancock4
0 comments posted 15yrs posted by hancock4

Info about these cellular snoopers? [telecom]

The Michigan ACLU recently made allegations that the State Police purchased cellular scanners which snarf files right o...
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posted by dannyb.remove-this
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Where does 411.com get it's updates? [telecom]

I looked up my optometrist in 411.com today, but it showed the wrong number: the listing was for another optical shop t...
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posted by bill
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The Tru SIM, anyone here used it? [telecom]

A quick search of the archives shows we haven't discussed this company in nearly five years and at the time it was only...
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posted by john
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How To Fix 911 [telecom]

How To Fix 911 By Christine Kenneally Saturday, Apr. 16, 2011 Time The phone rang at 4:43 a.m. on March 27, 2007. Patty...
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posted by monty
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