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> So, inside Seven Sisters tube station, there's still a Rabbit base station sitting on the wall, more than 30 years after it last broadcast a radio signal. I
by helsinkiandrew 3y ago
> So, inside Seven Sisters tube station, there's still a Rabbit base station sitting on the wall, more than 30 years after it last broadcast a radio signal.
I wonder what the chances are that it's still plugged in, waiting to receive connections from Rabbit phones that will never come.
- rob74 3y agoPretty high I would say, seeing that it apparently hasn't been touched since it was installed... although someone may have thought about flipping its circuit breaker to power it off (but not sure about that either).
- ornornor 3y agoYou never know… There was this tale of a neon sign that stayed plugged in inside a wall for something like 40 years and that was only discovered when they tore the place down.
- ToucanLoucan 3y agoYou got a link to that? I REALLY want to read about it!
- ornornor 3y agoThere: https://thefactsource.com/neon-light-hidden-behind-a-wall-was-left-on-for-77-years/ https://thefactsource.com/neon-light-hidden-behind-a-wall-wa...
- bombcar 3y agoYou could have an elaborate plot point for a tv show that would hinge around firing up the ancient rabbit battlestations for comms that wouldn’t be seen by the cell monitoring spooks.
- wkat4242 3y agoPlugged into what? Can't be more than power because the rest of the infra is all gone. It'd be interesting to see if it's still transmitting beacons though yeah.
- Doxin 3y agoNonzero chance it's still connected to a phone line or some such.