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by throw0101a 1488 days ago
Also The Victorian Internet by Standage on the history of the telegraph:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Victorian_Internet

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One of my favorite books!

Some years ago I bought a dozen extra copies to give away. Just last weekend I was hiking with a few friends. One mentioned that I'd given him a copy, and he started telling me stories from it. Especially what a revolution it was when you could communicate across the world in an instant.

We got to talking about the history of undersea cables. I mentioned a very cool interactive map of the current fiber cables and promised I would look it up and send him a link.

So, before I forget, here it is:

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/