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		datascienced on April 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: There’s a 30-year old dead Rabbit in Seven Sisters... In the UK they were heavily used for voice and text and were almost ubiquitous circa 2002

wkat4242 on April 12, 2024 [–]

In Holland and Ireland and Australia too. Way before they became 'smart'.

In those days we didn't use them for everything, people still used landlines sometimes. But everyone had one.

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