Tried to call my #Phrat Brother, but there was no #cellcoverage. Blocking occurs when many cell phones attempt to access the same #cellsites unexpectedly. Unlike #POTS connections where there wires that connect each #telephone to the #switch in the #centraloffice, hundreds of #cellphones can just appear "suddenly" at a location--like #howarduniversity. So the network has to block access to prevent overloading. You can well imagine that blocking could be a problem during an #emergency 2/
Retrotechtacular: Rebuilding A Fire-Ravaged Telephone Exchange

Those who haven’t experienced the destruction of a house fire should consider themselves lucky. The speed with which fire can erase a lifetime of work — or a life, for that matter &#821…

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Look Mum No Computer has been rearranging his #UAX13 #strowger #TelephoneExchange to make better use of the space and squeeze in a couple more racks.

It’s a substantial effort to go to, must have been a busy week, but it looks like they got quite a lot done!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1lH8pjXTo

One day I’ll make the 6hr drive to go visit…

#telephone #CentralOffice #telecoms #TelecomHistory #LMNC #phreak #Phreaking #ElectroMechanical

Building A 1960's Electromechanical Telephone Exchange For People To Use

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Speedy Cutover Service, SXS switching cutover to ESS filmed live at Glendale CA central office, 1984:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saRir95iIWk

#CO #CentralOffice #TelephoneExchange #Telephony #5ESS #ATT #ESS #Switching #Cutover #WesternElectric

Speedy Cutover Service, SXS switching cutover to ESS filmed live at Glendale CA central office, 1984

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CENTRAL office for architecture and urbanism, NP2F, Maxime Delvaux · CREATION OF THE ART CENTER FOR DIGITAL CULTURES AND TECHNOLOGY

IMAL is a very unique place in the cultural landscape of Brussels. Its diverse cultural offer and its urban location make much more than an arts center. This culture of co-production, deeply rooted in its time, is created, taught, crafted and spread in t

This weekend you can visit our building designed by #NP2F & #CENTRALOffice in the context of #Archiweek organised by #Urban and #Arkadia

More info & Reservations: https://bit.ly/2I5cwxS

Picture by NP2F

#architecture #visit #brussels #guidedvisit #building #construction

iMAL – visit-exchanges with the participants 11-10-20-15:30-16:30

CENTRAL office for architecture and urbanism + NP2F iMAL (interactive Media Art Laboratory) gives space to the development of digital culture and technology with exhibition spaces, residency spaces and a FabLab. Located in a former factory, the architects chose to intervene through modest int...