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Re:ADSL works over wet string (2017) by ComputerGuru on Saturday December 04, 2021 @11:24AM (#29441827)
> I know there are some telecom folks on here that may be provoked to correct me

Aka Cunningham’s law

> Any kind of outage on the compressor or dryer

I’m confused: isn’t a bigger concern any physical damage to the conduit anywhere in the run that is too large for the compressor to overcome? Or are we talking football-field-sized compressors here?

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Re:ADSL works over wet string (2017) by BoorishBears on Saturday December 04, 2021 @11:44AM (#29441999)
http://www.airtalk.com/z_ref-4_1.html
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Re:ADSL works over wet string (2017) by Johnythree on Monday December 06, 2021 @01:15AM (#29456743)
The gas flow on each line was monitored with flow gauges, so any increase could be attended to before it became a problem.
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