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How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network

How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network

Ridiculous History

February 21, 201831m 44s

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Show Notes

Nowadays smartphones are an ubiquitous part of many civilizations, but not so long ago telephones of any sort were a rare commodity -- and the infrastructure was enormously expensive. When telephones hit the mass market, companies focused on densely-populated urban areas, leaving rural communities with no hope of getting a phone line. Until, that is, a group of MacGyver-esque farmers figured out an ingenious way to connect not just themselves, but everyone in their town.

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