Communications Under the Seas: The Evolving Cable Network and Its Implications
By the end of the twentieth century, fiber-optic technology had made possible a worldwide communications system of breathtaking speed and capacity. This amazing network is the latest evolution of communications technologies that began with undersea telegraph cables in the1850s and continued with coaxial telephone cables a hundred years later. Communications under the Seas traces the development of these technologies and assesses their social, economic, and political effects. If we cannot...
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The technology of undersea communications, from stranded-wire telegraph cables in the 1850s to fiber-optic cables at the end of the twentieth century, and its social, political, and economic impact.
\ From the Publisher"The excellent contributions to this volume help to underscore the need for additional research and publications to fill out the global map. Finn, Yang, and their colleagues have set a high standard." John A. Britton Technology and Culture\ \
