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> So, inside Seven Sisters tube station, there's still a Rabbit base station sitting on the wall, more than 30 years after it last broadcast a radio signal.

I wonder what the chances are that it's still plugged in, waiting to receive connections from Rabbit phones that will never come.



You could have an elaborate plot point for a tv show that would hinge around firing up the ancient rabbit battlestations for comms that wouldn’t be seen by the cell monitoring spooks.


sounds like Slow Horses. Though I could easily see it being a 007 plot line


I think Person of Interest already did it. Involved ASI systems though.


Plugged into what? Can't be more than power because the rest of the infra is all gone.

It'd be interesting to see if it's still transmitting beacons though yeah.


Nonzero chance it's still connected to a phone line or some such.


Pretty high I would say, seeing that it apparently hasn't been touched since it was installed... although someone may have thought about flipping its circuit breaker to power it off (but not sure about that either).


You never know… There was this tale of a neon sign that stayed plugged in inside a wall for something like 40 years and that was only discovered when they tore the place down.


You got a link to that? I REALLY want to read about it!





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