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A comment on Early American Fire Alarm Systems (2022).

Re:Early American Fire Alarm Systems (2022) by qrush on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @10:06PM (#39624652)
The Gamewell boxes are very much in use in the Boston area. My town has dozens, they're tested regularly and work if phone/cell networks are down. Love 100 year old tech!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3taQTugqD2/

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Re:Early American Fire Alarm Systems (2022) by kbos87 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @11:19PM (#39625017)
The city of Boston’s official Instagram account used the recent AT&T outage as an opportunity to remind people that these exist and they work!

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3qeX-yuVmp/?igsh=dDk3NHpsbmF5Yz...

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