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  2. Telephone line - Wikipedia

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    Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, 1997–2007. Cross section of telephone cable of 1,800 twisted pairs, 1922. A telephone line or telephone circuit (or just line or circuit industrywide) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system. [1] It is designed to reproduce speech of a quality that is understandable. [2]

  3. Trireme - Wikipedia

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    The trireme derives its name from its three rows of oars, manned with one man per oar. The early trireme was a development of the penteconter, an ancient warship with a single row of 25 oars on each side (i.e., a single-banked boat), and of the bireme (Ancient Greek: διήρης, diērēs), a warship with two banks of oars, of Phoenician ...

  4. Landline - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, 82.9% of German households had at least one landline phone [18] while 73 percent of U.S. households had only a cell phone, 25 percent had a landline and cell service, and 1 percent had only a landline. [19] As of 2023, Estonia and the Netherlands have retired the legacy parts of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). In the ...

  5. Comparison of mobile phone standards - Wikipedia

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    Cellular network standards and generation timeline. This is a comparison of standards of wireless networking technologies for devices such as mobile phones.A new generation of cellular standards has appeared approximately every tenth year since 1G systems were introduced in 1979 and the early to mid-1980s.

  6. AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who ...

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    AT&T said it plans to eliminate traditional phone landline service in 20 of its 21 states by 2029. AT&T to eliminate copper wire phone lines to most users. Who stands to lose?

  7. Draken Harald Hårfagre - Wikipedia

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    The longship is a "25-sesse" (25 pairs of oars); in other words, it is equipped with 50 oars. Each oar is powered by two men. Under sail it requires a crew of 30 people. [citation needed] Draken Harald Hårfagre is 35 metres (115 ft) long with a beam of approximately 8 metres (26 ft) and a displacement of about 95 metric tons. The longship is ...

  8. Man Told Girlfriend He Was Going Home for Dinner, Then Killed ...

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    An affidavit previously obtained by the local news stations stated that Jacob left his girlfriend's house, saying he was going to have dinner with his family.

  9. Hellenistic-era warships - Wikipedia

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    The most common theory on the arrangement of oarsmen in the new ship types is that of "double-banking", i.e., that the quadrireme was derived from a bireme (warship with two rows of oars) by placing two oarsmen on each oar, the quinquereme from a trireme by placing two oarsmen on the two uppermost levels (the thranitai and zygitai, according to ...