> And most likely you will end up on a "coupled" line, meaning that you and your neighbor will share the same line
That was a thing indeed, but it was not "most likely", not even close.
That was a thing indeed, but it was not "most likely", not even close.
They lived in the country, but not in an usually isolated area. 100% of the areas in rural areas had these in that region until the late 70s.
Some of the infrastructure was just retrofitted to provide private line service. I saw wood based mechanical switches in production (in very isolated areas in New York) circa 1997.