Sunday, May 25, 2014

Learn How They Laid the Transatlantic Cable Back in 1959

Learn How They Laid the Transatlantic Cable Back in 1959


In this hyper-modern, satellite-powered wireless age, it's easy to forget how not too long ago our main connection to Europe was a single cable: the TAT-1. This, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable was finally completed in 1956, just in time for operators to realize they needed a second. Guess what they named that one.


Read more...




















via Gizmodo http://ift.tt/1w4zTry http://ift.tt/1nlWADz

No comments:

Post a Comment