On This Day in Telephone History September 16TH 1960 Transatlantic cable capacity increased. AT&T Long Lines utilized a new type of terminal equipment and transmission system Known as TASI (Time Assignment Speech Interpolation). It took advantage of idle time during conversations to increase talking paths from 36 to 84 over the ocean telephone cable between North American and Great Britain.

On This Day in Telephone History September 16TH 1960

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On This Day in Telephone History September 16TH 1960 Transatlantic Cable Capacity Increased. AT&T Long Lines utilized a new type of terminal equipment and transmission system Known as TASI (Time Assignment Speech Interpolation). It took advantage of idle time during conversations to increase talking paths from 36 to 84 over the ocean telephone cable between North American and Great Britain.