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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by macintux on Thursday August 15, 2019 @11:32PM (#20711950)
Landline calls, at least when I was younger, were not disconnected until the caller hung up. I assume there’s a technical reason involving channels instead of packets but I never researched it.
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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by chrisdhoover on Friday August 16, 2019 @10:48AM (#20715666)
Landline calls were disconnected after a timeout. The receiver could hangup and pick up quickly and still be connected. We used this method to move to another phone in the house. Also if you tapped the hook a few times the line would disconnect
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Re:The IT Guy vs. the Con Artist by rasz on Friday August 16, 2019 @11:40PM (#20721853)
Technical reason was mechanical exchanges (Strowger etc) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUOh9fCSgqw

implementing logic/timers with cogs is impractical.

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