I have a quite good book on the shelves on the very same subject, but I am unable to locate it at present. For a slightly wider take, Arthur C. Clarke's "How t

I have a quite good book on the shelves on the very same subject, but I am unable to locate it at present. For a slightly wider take, Arthur C. Clarke's "How the world was one" is a most readable account of how telecommunications has made the world smaller, starting with the first submarine cables, proceeding with satellites (of course he would!) before devoting a section to fibre optics at the end. Brilliant account.