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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 23 2020, @07:07PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 23 2020, @07:07PM (#1040885) Journal

    As far back as I can remember, the phone lines were buried. Can't be certain, maybe some of them were hung on "telephone poles", but certainly most were buried underground. A storm might kill the electrical power, but you could still call Grandma to see if she was alright, or whatever. A fallen tree would have to pull the line out of the ground, or fall directly onto a switch box to kill the telephone.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by MostCynical on Monday August 24 2020, @03:31AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Monday August 24 2020, @03:31AM (#1041020) Journal

    Australia doesn't bury phone or electricity [aph.gov.au] cables..

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