Do It Yourself Phone Network

Barbed Wire Fences Were An Early DIY Telephone Network. Gizmodo has the story.

At one point they were bigger than Ma Bell. Gizmodo links to New Scientist, but New Scientist must be getting their service from AT&T's partner in crime, since the link does NOT work. Prompted by Tam's post about how wonderful AT&T is not. (I found this on Facebook, but don't tell anybody, Facebook is evil and not to be trusted.)