May 13, 2010

Hugill, Global Communications

Peter Hugill, Global Communications since 1844 (1999)

Attentuation (weakening of signal over longer lines)
Switching 
Transmission
Batteries

Telephony was first an urban phenomenon.

Europe: state owns all PTTs [= Post, Telegraph, Telephones]
USA: different organisations operate PTTs

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