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Wired Magic The Telephone Links a Global Mesh
A Nationsd Gpite Society prepared piece explains how telephones connect 32 million transmitters and carry pictures news and radio across continents. It notes that voice travels faster by telephone than by shouting across a field and describes trans Atlantic circuits radio waves and global reach including New York Chicago London Sydney and Adelaide. The article highlights massive penetration 85 million daily calls 38 million global phones and the vast infrastructure of wires poles and tunnels enabling instant news and police teletype alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nationsd Gpite Society
Washington, D.C
WNN
Jenuth
United States
Superman
North Star
Washington
London
Cleve
Cleveland
Atlantic
Sydney
Bay
Calif
Adelaide
Australia
New York
Ohio
England
New York City
France
Chicago
South America
Paris
Berlin
Tokyo
Rome
Havana
Dublin
Madri
Netherlands
Switzerland
Ier
New J
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Penn
Sylvania
Delaware
Beacon
N. Y
Westchester County