That is fascinating, and kind of a twist on Innovator's Dilemma. It would be innovator's dilemma IF they saw voice as inferior to telegraphy, for instance, if q

That is fascinating, and kind of a twist on Innovator's Dilemma. It would be innovator's dilemma IF they saw voice as inferior to telegraphy, for instance, if quality and quantity of information transfer were seen as lower, and less accurate than morse code. Perhaps they mistook the fact that Morse code messages were pre-written and could be transferred quickly, while spoken messages were more stilted, and conveyed less info per time unit.