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The Victorian Internet
5th August 1858
Atlantic Telegraph Company landed 2,500 miles of undersea cable from Valentia to Newfoundland
Queen Victoria transmitted message to US President James Buchanan
the 57 word message took 19 hours to completely get through
(Ref: Tom Standage's book)
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