Telecommunications telegraph telephone submarine cables satellites telstar These make the internet possible Telegraph was invented in the 1840s by he doesn t know lol The telegraph was the precursor to the temporary telecommunication s infrastructure that would create the Internet Then you have the telephone in the 1870s that was based on the idea that you have a wireless signal Then you have submarine cables in the 1850s that created a way to communicate across the nation Then the most important thing that you need to know for this class is the importance of satellites in creating a telecommunications infrastructure that will lead to the internet They become a really important issue in the 1960s and 70s for multiple reasons The main reason we are going to be talking about for this class is that satellites make it possible for certain countries to have advantages in telecommunications Space wars between the U S and Russia The idea was whomever could get more satellite could get more presence up in space would control telecommunication networks as well as TV networks China in the 1970s and 80s threatening to shoot down the satellites because they don t want Americans to steal their programs You also have the new world communications order Satellites become a really hot political topic in the 1960s to the present
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