Connection technology old and new In 1990, a wing of the building partially tore off due to the weight of the cable packages that ran meters thick through the building, which is seen on the image on the left. With the current fiber optic technology, the transmission capacity of the left image has been more […]
Interlocal manual switchboard
Interlocal manual switchboard After the completion of the post office, a manual switchboard was set up in 1926 for telephone traffic with places outside the city of Utrecht. This manual switchboard was located on the second floor and was operated by telephone operators. Anyone who wanted to call someone outside Utrecht requested the call from […]
Types of telephone exchanges – bicycle parking de Neude
Types of telephone exchanges Over the years, the capacity of the telephone exchange has continued to grow. Fewer and fewer people were also needed for operation and maintenance. Photos above portray this development. In 1926, approximately 1 operator was needed to serve 100 customers. In 1960, 1 maintenance engineer was needed per 1000 customers to […]
History of Post Office “De Neude”
History of this building In this bicycle shed, there are various information panels that show how this building was used in the past. It shows what was needed to provide a large part of the Netherlands with telephone and internet. At the place where the library is now, many telephone operators used to connect telephone […]
Telephony equipment in the old post office
Telephony equipment in the old post office After this building was completed in 1924, all the services of the PTT (Post Telegraaf and Telephone) were successively moved in. In 1926, telephony services started in this building with 4400 customers from the city of Utrecht who were connected to a new automatic exchange. These connections used […]