Exploring the cold-war phone system designed to survive a nuclear attack
Hidden in plain sight is one of the most important communications networks in the US called AT&T long lines.
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What are AT&T Long Lines?
Before satellites and fiber optics transmitted information across the United States, there was a cold-war era communications network called long lines. It’s a microwave relay network with thousands of towers across the United States each about 40 miles apart.
I got hooked on the Long Lines network after running across some eerily beautiful photographs taken by Spencer Harding. Each truck-sized horn antenna pointed to yet another tower, crisscrossing the US.
The installations were hardened with blast-proof bunkers and were designed to enable critical military communicati
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