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It used to be a felony to plug unauthorized equipment into a telephone line. You had to get your telephone from Ma Bell. Caller Id came about in '68. It was
by busterarm 8y ago
It used to be a felony to plug unauthorized equipment into a telephone line. You had to get your telephone from Ma Bell.
Caller Id came about in '68. It was built around an honor system because that's the environment that's how telephone lines used to be operated. They weren't able to predict the future.
- MR4D 8y ago"Have you ever received a call from a robot? 10 times per day? You will. And the company that will bring it to you is AT&T." It's sad how well that fits into their line of old commercials from the 1990's. And yes, I was inspired by this post from yesterday [0]. [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19504544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19504544
- wittedhaddock 8y agoIsn't that called something like a "Carterphone Rule" ?
- busterarm 8y agoAnd that also came about in '68. The wheels of progress turn slowly.
- wittedhaddock 8y agoThe wheels of *politics turn slowly.