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First contact was made in 1858, but the cable failed in mere days. The first reliable link happened in 1866. It ran about half "telegraph speed", which was pret
by noonespecial 16y ago
First contact was made in 1858, but the cable failed in mere days. The first reliable link happened in 1866. It ran about half "telegraph speed", which was pretty darn slow. I'd hate to connect to that bbs.
It's a fascinating read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
- robflynn 16y agoSlow, but amazing at the same time. I love thinking about things like this. I remember someone calling my old BBS, back in the early 90s, with a TDD to see what would happen. That explained why I had been seeing 300bps callers when I was used to seeing 1200bps-2400bps. I recall one holiday starting the download of a picture of a bear. I then went and had Thanksgiving dinner with my family for about two hours. I arrived home just in time for the picture to finish downloading. :P
- noonespecial 16y agoI completely remember those gifs coming in one agonizing line after the other, except mine were... uuh.. Also bears.