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posted 11-15-2002 04:05 PM            

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Hey science geeks!

How were telephone calls made overseas before satelites? Or were they not?

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posted 11-15-2002 04:06 PM            

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Underground Midget Messengers, better known as UMMs.

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posted 11-15-2002 04:21 PM         

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No, pigeon messengers, silly!

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posted 11-15-2002 04:25 PM         

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i thought it was just magic?

if i remember correctly, the first transatlantic call was made between the ny times and the london times offices.

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posted 11-15-2002 05:24 PM            

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Damn, Kubler, how old are you!??

Long-assed wires were used for transatlantic telegraph communication back in the 1800s! Radio telephone and telephone-telephone followed in the mid 1900s.

I found some historical info here:
http://www.sigtel.com/tel_hist_tat1.html

-p

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posted 11-19-2002 04:48 PM            

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Oooops. Sorry, I never said thanks for this info, I haven't had time to read it.
Thanks!

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