Chatlog 2 | Prairie Telephone

[23:33] <copperveins> sarah you there?

[23:33] <deadswitch> yeah sorry, had to deal w/ something

[23:33] <void_stack> so your grandma was on echo? like actually?

[23:34] <deadswitch> i guess? what even was it?

[23:34] <copperveins> no one really knows

[23:34] <void_stack> supposedly some routing thing

[23:34] <deadswitch> routing?

[23:35] <copperveins> like... phone switching maybe?

[23:35] <void_stack> my uncle worked lines back then

[23:35] <void_stack> said they installed these weird black boxes

[23:36] <deadswitch> found this

[23:36] <copperveins> holy shit actual docs

[23:36] <void_stack> "proprietary signal processing" whatever tf that means

[23:37] <deadswitch> what was it supposed to do?

[23:37] <copperveins> maybe early computer routing?

[23:37] <void_stack> uncle said calls got super clear after

[23:37] <deadswitch> like noise reduction?

[23:38] <copperveins> maybe? no one really knew what it did

[23:38] <void_stack> heard it was supposed to make routing cheaper

[23:38] <deadswitch> did it?

[23:39] <copperveins> who knows. telus killed it in 95

[23:39] <deadswitch> during the merger?

[23:39] <void_stack> yeah just... gone

[23:40] <deadswitch> what about the boxes?

[23:40] <copperveins> heard a lineman tried opening one once

[23:40] <void_stack> in calgary right?

[23:41] <copperveins> supposedly got blown up

[23:41] <deadswitch> wait what??

[23:41] <void_stack> that's just a rumor tho

[23:41] <copperveins> yeah probably bs

[23:42] <deadswitch> these files mention "safety protocols"

[23:42] <void_stack> for the boxes?

[23:42] <copperveins> could've just been high voltage

[23:42] <deadswitch> hang on let me check

[23:43] <void_stack> damn

[23:43] <copperveins> her connection sucks

[23:43] <void_stack> wonder if she found anything real

[23:43] <copperveins> or if any of this is real

[23:43] <void_stack> lot of stories about echo

[23:44] <copperveins> never any proof tho