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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Sep 2019

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Matthew Zeitlin

    The kids don't know this but landline phone calls used to be amazing. Like crystal clear sound. All gone now.https://twitter.com/MattZeitlin/status/1177613322688049152 …

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    Matthew ZeitlinVerified account @MattZeitlin
    the dana spiotta novel "innocents and others" has this amazing scene of people talking on the phone that just luxuriates in how good the audio technology used to be
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      2. Seldon Crisis Log‏ @rGiskard_R 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        And very low latency. Nobody talked over each other accidentally, it was like having a normal conversation in meatspace.

        1 reply 0 retweets 27 likes
      3. ChiNurse‏ @ChiNurse 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @rGiskard_R @HeerJeet

        This is why I hate talking on the phone now.

        0 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. NC "F̵a̵c̵e̵b̵o̵o̵k̵ Meta Delenda Est" Steve‏ @TCFKA_NCSteve 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Only the local calls. But now, every call sounds and feels like a long distance call with someone in another country or the other side of the world circa 1975.

        3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. Goldy‏Verified account @GoldyHA 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @TCFKA_NCSteve @HeerJeet

        https://youtu.be/HnlqrMWVYCs 

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      1. Cicero T Jones‏ @CiceroTJones 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        The kids don’t use their phones as actual phones anymore.

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      2. Gender Calvinist (Landlord hate account)  ⚓‏ @duns_sc0tus 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        I keep telling people the dismantling of the POTS telephone network is lunacy and literally a matter of national security. POTS phone lines will stay up during hurricanes (speaking from experience here) and don't even require external power. Can the same be said for 5G?

        1 reply 1 retweet 27 likes
      3. Ska Stapp‏ @Easy_Chowder 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @duns_sc0tus @HeerJeet

        also speaking from experience, nope!

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      2. Rapid Homes, Rapid Bike Barriers, Rapid Busses!‏ @FlipperForty 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        And worked even when the power went out.

        1 reply 1 retweet 19 likes
      3. Phil Stewart‏ @Retinalia 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @FlipperForty @HeerJeet

        Yah, independent power for landlines was s big deal.

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      2. Captain Obvious‏ @OcaptMyObvious 27 Sep 2019
        Replying to @andrewrstine @HeerJeet

        I will however accept the lag for the smaller more size and more manageable mass

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