switchboards

News flash, Washington: If the people calling your switchboards, who you dismiss as zombies, they ` re not just talk radio listeners, they ` re Americans.

CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2007 2007

Hmm you just have to LOVE those "switchboards" eh Mr La Forge

Repairing Data (Part One) 2009

"The order for the switchboards is a testimony to the ability of

ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

When it first appeared that Professor Hill's allegations might not even be aired, outraged women jammed congressional switchboards with phone calls, and seven women members of the House of Representatives, including Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Louise Slaughter and then Rep. Barbara Boxer (who was elected to the Senate the following year) marched to the Senate to demand a serious and respectful hearing.

Marcia D. Greenberger: What Anita Hill did for America Marcia D. Greenberger 2010

They overwhelmed the switchboards and the web servers on Capitol Hill the next day.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Ads Obama Should Run Chris Weigant 2011

Second, with regard to the analogy your distinction attempts to make, I would note that historically hand-delivered post and manually-operated switchboards made observation of non-content routing data (necessarily) very commonplace.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Final Version of “Applying the Fourth Amendment to the Internet: A General Approach” 2010

But they struggled to get through to newsroom switchboards.

Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011

People were burning up the Capitol's switchboards to get the government to reopen.

What a government shutdown would look like 2011

Most of the motors and switchboards were submerged by the tsunami and they cannot be used, Nishiyama said.

Teams race to restore power to Japan nuke complex 2011

They overwhelmed the switchboards and the web servers on Capitol Hill the next day.

Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Ads Obama Should Run Chris Weigant 2011