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Brief History of Latency: Electric Telegraph

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Brief look at the history of the electric telegraph - how it came to be, how it was used, and the early problems it encountered. Namely, networking congestion, which was caused by routing and queuing delays!
Additional Resources for you to Explore
Telegraphy (Wikipedia)The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers (Amazon)
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