Long distance communications history and much of the reason we (from distant areas of the planet) are able to communicate (in literally seconds) today:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/cable/timeline/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable#Communication_speeds
Paul Received on Sat Mar 03 02:02:00 2007
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