History Of Telecommunications
History Of Telecommunications
As it all began back in the prehistoric times, there has been methods of communications over large distances. Early methods would include fire signals, homing pigeons, mirror signals and of course, the basic messenger. All of these are simple but yet complicated was to tell messages. With all forms of communication these must be present: a source (or message), something or someone to send it, a place to receive it, something or someone to receive it.
With colonies starting across the country, people needed more reliable ways to communicate. In 1639, the first official note of a postal service in the colonies appeared. The General Court of Massachusetts designated a tavern in Boston as the official collection of mail brought from or sent overseas. In 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress agreed that a Postmaster General would be appointed. This meant across the beginning nation that mail carries would form monthly routes between......
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