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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by walshemj on Saturday October 07, 2017 @02:55PM (#15425099)
It parts of the uk the last mile of phone lines was done in AL when copper was really expensive. Milton Keyes famously has this of course this means that ADSL didn't work

Edited to change AU to AL

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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by digi_owl on Saturday October 07, 2017 @05:16PM (#15425748)
I have heard of train lines getting switched because the copper ones would constantly get stolen...
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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by walshemj on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:44PM (#15429124)
the wiring beside the tracks absolutely you quite often get delays due to some one trying to rip out coper - the dumb criminals try and rip fibre out
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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by digi_owl on Sunday October 08, 2017 @03:55PM (#15429678)
Yeah i recall reading about some eastern European nation that lost their net connection for some time because some elderly lady dug up their fiber while looking for copper.
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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by falsedan on Saturday October 07, 2017 @04:39PM (#15425572)
If I had gold wires I sure as heck would rip them out, darn the DSL signal.
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Re:Driving the “Worst Car Ever Built” (2015) by walshemj on Saturday October 07, 2017 @04:49PM (#15425620)
oops a senior moment there AL not AU
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