| ▲ | reincoder an hour ago | |
I recently learnt about Transatlantic telegraph cable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable It was laid in 1858. During its brief three-week lifespan, only 732 messages (amounting to roughly 400 total telegrams) were successfully transmitted before the cable died. | ||
| ▲ | walrus01 30 minutes ago | parent [-] | |
Likely failure was due to not being insulated properly and Wildman Whitehouse: | ||