The internet isn't as fast as it used to be

I climbed the AT&T Long Lines network to discover the secrets of this cold war infrastructure. All filming was done with permission from the site owners, please don't trespass on your local tower. See all sides of every story and broaden your perspective at https://ground.news/AtomicFrontier. Subscribe this month to receive 40% off unlimited access. ---------- II ---------- 0:00 Introduction 0:52 Connecting America 1:54 Antenna design 3:10 Multiplexing 4:53 Inside the bunker 5:27 Building the network 6:22 The end of Long Lines (welcome to the internet) 7:59 Finance bros to the rescue 10:42 Outroduction 11:13 Captain Sailout ---------- II ---------- Hi, I'm James. I explore the world looking for interesting engineering stories which explore complex issues in interesting ways. I hold a Honors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Western Australia and a Master's in Space Systems Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I'm one year into a PhD on space robotics at MIT. My website is https://www.atomicfrontieronline.com, I occasionally tweet from https://twitter.com/AtomicFrontiers, and you can join the Atomic Frontier Discord server to talk about cool engineering stuff at https://discord.gg/4QZc3jYdTR. You can help support my work and see some cool behind-the-scenes content at https://www.patreon.com/atomicfrontier.