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Re:Why 56k Modems Relied on Digital Phone Lines You Didn't K... by xattt on Friday March 07, 2025 @01:23PM (#43292675)
Was there any way for the customer to somehow interact with SS7 frames?

We’ve had techs come to our home in Canada in the 1990s, and I remember being fascinated with their mystical toolbox phone that seemed to uncover hidden phone line functionality. Almost like the whip in Indiana Jones.

Re:Why 56k Modems Relied on Digital Phone Lines You Didn't K... by pantulis on Friday March 07, 2025 @03:26PM (#43294181)
I don't think so, but who knows. In my case I was working at a telco so everything was very obvious at the dev environments.