History
n typical performance of telegraph
– 1870: London to Bombay in 4 minutes, 22 seconds
– 1901: London to British Guiana 22 minutes
– 1924: Telegraph around the world in 80 seconds
n radio/wireless telegraphy
– communication with ships and other moving vehicles
– messages sprayed into “ether,” across national
boundaries
– downfall of nationally supported monopolistic
telegraph companies