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Erlang C

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Sep 23, 2026

Bob FurnissHOST
4:55
I spent, I spent too much time on this one, but I'm going to not spend as much on this one.
Amas TenumahHOST
5:00
So now imagine, the way I would think about it is, the industry never built an Erlang C for digital channels.
Amas TenumahHOST
5:07
It just kind of took the phone one and tried to fit it into digital.
Amas TenumahHOST
5:13
Now imagine...
Bob FurnissHOST
5:13
Yeah, for those who don't know what Erlang C is, because that's an old phrase for sure.
Bob FurnissHOST
5:19
Right.
Bob FurnissHOST
5:19
Erlang C was the software or the algorithm that figured how many... phone calls were going to be made at the same time on the party lines into your house.
Bob FurnissHOST
5:32
So 25, 30, 40 years ago, 45 years ago, you had the block, the people on this block might have only one phone line leaving that line of three or five to six houses.

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