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No it was like a CB radio over a large city or area. There were only a handful of channels. It wasn't a "cell" phone. It was like a walkie talkie. The cell part
by homero 4y ago
No it was like a CB radio over a large city or area. There were only a handful of channels. It wasn't a "cell" phone. It was like a walkie talkie. The cell part came later.
- idatum 4y agoOr maybe like farmers using electrified barbed-wire fences to chat? Like Claude Shannon used in his youth! Came across this in a bio on Shannon I read recently. And here we are now.
- homero 4y agoNow that sounds like telegraph
- zikduruqe 4y agoIMTS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improved_Mobile_Telephone_Service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improved_Mobile_Telephone_Serv... We used to hack the local system as a youth and make free calls.