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ramble81@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

My point was more about instantaneous communication for civilians between a ship in the middle of the sea and an airplane half a world away.

Even if the plane existed you’re not gonna be running a telegraph cable to that or the ship. Even if you focused on radio, a general passenger wouldn’t be able to use it on a whim.

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elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

focused on radio

And there, you’d be looking at 1901 for the first trans-Atlantic signal.

But then again, a general passenger couldn’t use the plane’s radio on a whim back in – oh, 2003 (first airplane wifi came about in 2004 apparently). There are some layers to this thought.

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