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Check out this cutting edge* technology! * - not available in high-def/widescreen
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Can't view the video on an Android device. I tried the desktop emulator and Google Chrome. 
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LOL. "Intelligence" in a chip. Well, I guess they were reaching for a name.
In case you-all were wondering, the Bell tech in the man hole in Pittsburgh guiding the fiber cable was Bobby Bennetti. He has since pass away, but that was his one and only time he handled fiber.
What a good and amusing look into the past.
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It may be a bit humorous and nerdy, but man, Bell Labs was such a powerhouse for new technology. I can't imagine where we would be had it not been for their efforts.
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In 1981 microwave was still king. At the time, I was working for a company that manufactured waveguide for Western Electric. In a six-month period from the fall of 1980 to the spring of 1981, we tripled the production of round waveguide used for the AT&T Long Lines towers. There was a huge push by AT&T to increase capacity at the microwave sites around the country. I was responsible the mechanical and electrical inspection for every piece of waveguide shipped, reaching a peak of over 1,000 units per month. The test equipment I used was developed in the 1950s, and is the same as shown in the bottom picture here. And suddenly, it was over. Sprint, with their “pin drop” campaign, forced AT&T into fiber and out of the microwave business. Just after spending millions to upgrade the microwave network, AT&T abandoned it in favor of fiber.
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