PaulChristenson

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found traces of a copper-wire system dating back 100 years, and they came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
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Not to be outdone by New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old copper-wire system and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.'
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One week later, The Redneck Rebel Gazette in LaVergne , Tennessee , reported the following: 'After digging as deep as 30 feet in an empty field near Smyrna , Bubba Ray Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Tennessee had already gone wireless.'

Paul in VT

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.
-- Steven Wright

vansimplement

Tennessee wireless actually ran on the SST (smoke signal transport) protocol, for those interested in technology history. It never reached the popularity that the later Pi-Fi (Pigeon-based wireless) attained.

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PaulChristenson

Plus the pigeons are delicious...
BBC - Food - Recipes - Pigeon breast with red wine gravy, roast leeks and wild mushrooms

Paul in VT

I used to own an ant farm but had to give it up. I couldn't find tractors small enough to fit it.
-- Steven Wright