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[–] voteforfreedom 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

back in the days, the phone line was all....the most powerful family member would dominate the phone line

then came BBS systems...you would use the phone to call computers within your local area (even long distance) to connect computers

The <nerds> started dominating the phone lines, we would share files at 12k ...then 24k...then 64k....but we connected beyond voice and idle chatter....we started using the phone lines...commandeered those lines like fucking pirates and changed the world

Today the phone lines we take for granted led the way from the BBS to Internet

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[–] aileron_ron 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I found someone as old as I, Did a lot of phreaking as well.