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mikebw wrote:
Before multiplexing was implemented in the POTS you would see single pairs for every phone.

This has had way more of an impact than running wires underground. In Seattle they're almost all aboveground. In the areas where the power lines are below ground, they've been causing electrolysis on gas lines, resulting in explosions.