Following the tip to Stephenson's article, here's also a really good book, 'The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Cen

Following the tip to Stephenson's article, here's also a really good book, 'The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers'. http://www.amazon.com/The-Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nineteenth/dp/0802716040 http://www.amazon.com/The-Victorian-Internet-Remarkable-Nine...