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People used to use barbed wire fence for phone lines. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/barbed-wire-telephone-lines-homesteaders-prairie-america-history ht
by bongodongobob 2y ago
People used to use barbed wire fence for phone lines.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/barbed-wire-telephone-lines-homesteaders-prairie-america-history https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/barbed-wire-telephone-...
- reaperducer 2y agoAs of 2019, there were places in Arizona and New Mexico where telephone line was still run along the top of fenceposts, alongside the barbed wire.
- pjdesno 2y agoHere's 1gbit running over 8 strands of barbed wire: https://www.sigcon.com/Pubs/edn/SoGoodBarbedWire.htm https://www.sigcon.com/Pubs/edn/SoGoodBarbedWire.htm
- lsaferite 2y agoMinor nit, the provided link shows 100Mbps, not 1Gbps. That being said, if the article is taken at face value, running 1Gbps would likely also be possible with a similar setup.