Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls

2021-05-09 Thread Josh Luthman
ssociate with Mother's Day: > http://telecom-digest.org/telecom-archives/TELECOM_Digest_Online/1309.html > > -Original Message- > From: Bill Prince > Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:11 PM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls &

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls

2021-05-08 Thread Chuck McCown via AF
This is what I will always associate with Mother's Day: http://telecom-digest.org/telecom-archives/TELECOM_Digest_Online/1309.html -Original Message- From: Bill Prince Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:11 PM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Mothers day and Phone calls

2021-05-08 Thread Bill Prince
The old-school circuit switched network had built-in capacity issues because every phone call required dedicated "circuits". ATT innovated somewhat when they figured out how to multiplex phone calls, but overall capacity was always dictated by the number of circuits they could build and keep co