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AnthillOmbudsman t1_irmssa1 wrote
My dad worked in a facility like that. Holy crap, the smell... ozone, coffee, and cigarettes, nothing like it (yeah, smoking was allowed, it wasn't a Bell facility). I doubt I'll ever smell that again.
trucorsair t1_iu2g26p wrote
For those that don’t know what mechanical relays mean for telephones:
Wind_Level t1_iubnyqk wrote
Very nice. I saw equipment like this in an old local exchange on a tour. My dad's 4A office looked a bit like the 1960's "country office" inset.
rosecitytransit OP t1_irka5d3 wrote
stevetibb2000 t1_irklswp wrote
I’ll have to show my coworkers this. We now have contractors clean our buildings
CranstonBickle t1_irl73ci wrote
I don’t think they have moved on much - they were an appalling vendor to deal with - they supplied all of our regional MPLS. Lead times for any new connections sometimes went into years where others could (and now thankfully do) in just a few weeks. Our reps were constantly on PTO, and we had an outage that lasted a week (due to failed hardware on a very old piece of infrastructure).
Abysmal to deal with. Glad I have nothing to do with them any more
Bammalam102 t1_irlymso wrote
I work at mines and had to get signed off on how to correctly shovel and throw salt during the winter.
bmoney_14 t1_irp12rp wrote
Colorado school of mines?
Bammalam102 t1_irp18p9 wrote
Nah labourer at minesites in the nickel capitol of the world
Termsandconditionsch t1_isbl7k5 wrote
Norilsk?
Wind_Level t1_irkxz37 wrote
My dad started as a sweeper in a long distance switching office in 1954. He told me that they were incredibly strict on the process because dust that became airborne would be picked up by the fans and could then get into the mechanical relays. I remember walking through the 24' high racks of mechanical switches as a kid, whole floors of nothing but racks.