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   TID: hpt/lnx 1.9.0-cur 07-09-15   
    On 2019 Apr 01 11:59:52, you wrote to me:   
      
    ML>> it is still the same, though... the only thing is that instead of using   
    ML>> a dedicated copper pipe from one end to the other, we now use a packet   
    ML>> switched TCP/IP pipe... everything else is still the same ;)   
      
    KW> Did I ever tell you about the time I worked in a network where we ran   
    KW> ARCnet between floors by tapping into 2 water pipes?   
      
   i don't think i've heard about that one but i do know that POTS used a positive   
    ground and you could stick on lead of a buttset into the ground and one on a   
   tip terminal in a pedestal, get dialtone, and make a call... it might be a ring   
    terminal, though... i forget which one was ground...   
      
   )\/(ark   
      
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   wrong...   
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