Transatlantic cable handled 8 words a minute in 1866
Posted in Main on March 5th, 2008 by Pingdom
Today we have transatlantic cables of massive capacity, handling all sorts of telecom traffic (including the internet). However, these submarine cables had a modest beginning. The first successfully deployed commercial transatlantic cable was in 1866, after a decade-long series of less successful attempts. Sending messages over this cable was incredibly expensive. The cost of speed [...]
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