hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 个月前Americans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providersapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down10
arrow-up159arrow-down1external-linkAmericans reporting nationwide cellular outages from AT&T, Cricket Wireless and other providersapnews.comhedge@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 个月前message-square24fedilink
minus-squareitsonlygeorge@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前Yea I am aware. My point is that an analog system doesn’t have network outages unless the physical copper wires are all down. Digital systems are much more fragile.
minus-squarebeefcat@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-27 个月前Analog telephony was still built on a complex automated network. Those rooms full of operators manually connecting callers by plugging in physical wires haven’t been a thing for 70 years. They even started going digital in the ‘60s.
minus-squaredavehtaylor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 个月前All phone systems are digital now. Even what appears like POTS at the subscriber end turns into VoIP when it reaches the phone company.
Yea I am aware. My point is that an analog system doesn’t have network outages unless the physical copper wires are all down.
Digital systems are much more fragile.
Analog telephony was still built on a complex automated network. Those rooms full of operators manually connecting callers by plugging in physical wires haven’t been a thing for 70 years. They even started going digital in the ‘60s.
All phone systems are digital now. Even what appears like POTS at the subscriber end turns into VoIP when it reaches the phone company.
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