Aaron Kuhn · @DialupDownload
166 followers · 547 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Fun claim via a Facebook short video - How Delta Airlines gamed AT&T billing in the 60s

facebook.com/reel/239632082224

#telephonehistory #history #techhistory

Last updated 1 year ago

lpbkdotnet · @lpbkdotnet
63 followers · 322 posts · Server mstdn.social

I'm in the process of moving a small demonstration rack on to its next home.

Before I say goodbye to it, I thought I'd video a short tour...

youtube.com/watch?v=EarxXwMvjK

#telecomshistory #telecoms #phoneexchange #Phone #telephonehistory #telephone #telephoneexchange #strowger

Last updated 2 years ago

lpbkdotnet · @lpbkdotnet
44 followers · 160 posts · Server mstdn.social

Short extract from the Post Office Engineering Department report for the year ending 31st March 1939

There's a section about links that were used to connect various islands in the 30s. (Thurso-Kirkwall, Kirkwall - Isle of Stronsay, Ullapool - Stornoway)

This was low powered equipment, and was powered by a small wind generator.

Full report available from:
digitalarchives.bt.com/CalmVie

#Phone #scottish #windpower #telephonehistory #telephone #telecoms #sustainableenergy #Radio #shortwave

Last updated 2 years ago