old-school wiring nightmares

2014-09-03 Thread John Kinsella 
Wiring closet rats nests have frequently been a fun topic, so with that 
in mind, may I present telephone lines in Stockholm, circa late 1800s: 
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/telefontornet-stockholm/


Have fun wire-tracing *that*

Click through to the flickr albums - the Tekniska Museet has put some 
great stuff up!

Re: old-school wiring nightmares

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Morrow 
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John Kinsella j...@thrashyour.com wrote:
 Wiring closet rats nests have frequently been a fun topic, so with that in
 mind, may I present telephone lines in Stockholm, circa late 1800s:
 http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/telefontornet-stockholm/

 Have fun wire-tracing *that*

imagine the probably almost constant outages in the winter months due
to ice buildup on the lines...

 Click through to the flickr albums - the Tekniska Museet has put some great
 stuff up!

Re: old-school wiring nightmares

2014-09-03 Thread Daniel Corbe 
Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com writes:

 On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:27 PM, John Kinsella j...@thrashyour.com wrote:
 Wiring closet rats nests have frequently been a fun topic, so with that in
 mind, may I present telephone lines in Stockholm, circa late 1800s:
 http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/09/telefontornet-stockholm/

 Have fun wire-tracing *that*

And things worked like that for decades.


 imagine the probably almost constant outages in the winter months due
 to ice buildup on the lines...


This still happens.   Overhead fiber is a thing you know.

 Click through to the flickr albums - the Tekniska Museet has put some great
 stuff up!

Re: old-school wiring nightmares

2014-09-03 Thread Christopher Morrow 
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Daniel Corbe co...@corbe.net wrote:
 Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com writes:

 imagine the probably almost constant outages in the winter months due
 to ice buildup on the lines...


 This still happens.   Overhead fiber is a thing you know.


the hell you say!

Re: old-school wiring nightmares

2014-09-03 Thread Alain Hebert 
On 09/03/14 15:11, Christopher Morrow wrote:
 On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Daniel Corbe co...@corbe.net wrote:
 Christopher Morrow morrowc.li...@gmail.com writes:
 imagine the probably almost constant outages in the winter months due
 to ice buildup on the lines...

 This still happens.   Overhead fiber is a thing you know.

 the hell you say!


Like this?

http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae281/ipaqted/rodent_zps98bc0abf.jpg