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Telephone Week: In Rural America, Some People Turned Their Wire Fences Into Phone Lines

Telephone Week: In Rural America, Some People Turned Their Wire Fences Into Phone Lines

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This week we're replaying episodes that are anything but phoned in. For this episode from April 2022, the story of several communities in Indiana that started their own wired telephone service, and the wire they used was plain old fence wire. Plus: Kansas City celebrates Fountain Day.

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