normalzeit & bigfon
once upon a time, more precise in the 1981, german companies were making use of fiber and setting up a test bed for something they called bigfon:
several islands for some 350 selected subscribers in 6 cities were choosen, to study the technical feasibility of the system, to clarify operational problems in a 3-year trial period, and to work out profitability forecasts for large-scale production.
the subscribers needs where identified as:
Videophone connections 1 (5 MHz, colour; alternatively for TVTV 2 to 4 channels with free access to 12 programs
Stereo radio 24 channels or 4 channels with free access to 24 programs
besides of siemens, ant, aeg-telefunken and kabelwerke rheydt there was a company involved with the great name: "telefonbau und normalzeit" which was renamed in telenorma and later acquired by bosch ...| telecommunications in europe
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Bigfon... Riesenhuberesk! Knoff-hoff-Show!
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it seems bigfon [breitbandiges integriertes glasfaser fernmeldeortsnetz] was decided on before btx and the basis for isdn. | broadcasting and new media policies in western europe.
do you recall that parts of spd was against bigfon and btx in the 1980s, as the authors claim?
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Hm. Can't remember. Data communication was a marginal political topic, imho. The bigger issues in the mid-eighties were the introduction of private TV and cable TV ("Kabelfernsehen"). Funny enough, most politicians think like in the 1980s when it comes to Internet issues.
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