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Wyoming's Communication Pioneers

The first telephone companies figured if it could work in Wyoming, it could work anywhere

07/13/2008 | Rating NR

Main Street Wyoming

Wyoming's Communication Pioneers

Season 10 Episode 1003 | 26m 56s

The first telephone companies figured if it could work in Wyoming, it could work anywhere

The first telephone companies figured if it could work in Wyoming, it could work anywhere. And if it didn’t work, well, it was only Wyoming. The state became a laboratory for telephonic experimentation, welcoming barbed wire phone lines and the world’s first broadband wireless internet network. These are the people who dialed the state in.

07/13/2008 | Rating NR

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Main Street Wyoming

Wyoming's Communication Pioneers

Season 10 Episode 1003 | 26m 56s

The first telephone companies figured if it could work in Wyoming, it could work anywhere. And if it didn’t work, well, it was only Wyoming. The state became a laboratory for telephonic experimentation, welcoming barbed wire phone lines and the world’s first broadband wireless internet network. These are the people who dialed the state in.

07/13/2008 | Rating NR

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