What cable company was established in 1858 to carry instantaneous communications?

Answer 1

In 1854, The New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company was founded to establish a telegraph line between America and Europe. The first working line was not completed until 1858. On August 16, 1858, Queen Victoria sent a telegram of congratulation to President Buchanan through the line

The cable lasted only a few weeks, and was lost in September 1858 when an engineer increased the line voltage and the cable shorted.

In 1865, The Anglo American Telegraph Company took over the old New York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph Company.

The first successful transatlantic cable was brought into service in 1866. This cable was repaired in 1880, and was in use until 1949.

The Anglo American Telegraph Company was in business until 1968, maintaining transatlantic cable services.

You should note that these were not instantaneous communications. The transmission rate of the first, 1858, cable was about 10 minutes per word. The messages between President Buchanon and Queen Victoria took over 18 hours to encode, transmit, receive, decode, and deliver. That rate was increased to about 6 words per minute by 1866. That was an increase of about 60 times.

These cables were all telegraph cables. The first transatlantic telephone cable, in 1926, could carry 5 conversations. In 1960, AT&T built a telephone cable capable of carrying 36 simultaneous conversations. Not much, huh?

Instantaneous communication, such as by telephone, or video -conference, or computer connections, is a very recent phenomenum, only becoming available within the past 25 to 30 years. Affordable access to instantaneous communication for most populations has really only happened within the last 15 years.

Answer 2

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The Atlantic cable of 1858 was established to carry instantaneous communications across the ocean for the first time.