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I was specifically referring to the ability to communicate in writing at that speed. I guess the telegraph technically existed as well, but it was expensive and awkward.
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And couldn’t reach across oceans, required special training, and only accommodated short messages because of the tedious nature of signaling.
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You could definitely send telegraphs overseas, and sending or receiving them required no training.
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and sending or receiving them required no training.
If you mean paying someone to send them, then sure. But it required learning Morse code, and learning to use a keyer.
You couldn’t send them overseas until after the invention of radio. Before that the signal traveled along a wire they laid the transatlantic cable.