• towerful@programming.dev
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      And directional radio towers ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Communications_(1984%E2%80%932010)#AT=&T_Long_Lines= ) and satellites. Both of which are wireless.

      So yeh, wires have been used in establishing the internet. But wires are not a requirement for internet.

      It’s like rain can make things wet. But something being wet does not require rain.

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      The wires are for faster data transfer. Your phone connects wirelessly to the tower and the tower has ( but not necessarily ) higher speed wires to connect back to a hub that connects to other wires. Some towers connect wirelessly back to a hub.

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      No, originally (roughly around in 2023, although there’s ongoing debate among historians suggesting it might be as late as 2033) it was actually donkeys and farts in general direction of target. Then straight to the wi-fi. Then some hipsters complained so wires were added – both to the technology stack and also into the word “internet”. (As you have probably noticed, the letters ‘i’ and ‘t’ are made of wires.)

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      Just as interstate travel used to involve horses. You are absolutely terrible at correlation/causation.