[ih] Early Internet history

Miles Fidelman mfidelman at meetinghouse.net
Sat Jul 7 10:14:10 PDT 2018


On 7/7/18 5:58 AM, Wayne Hathaway wrote:

> A naive question: I don't recall anybody mentioning "The Victorian 
> Internet" by Tom Standage.
>
> I enjoyed it quite a bit many years ago, and it addresses many of the 
> topics raised in this thread.
>
> Thoughts?  Opinions?
>
Yes.  A great book.  About telegraphy, all the way back to the days of 
towers, mirrors, and flags, if I recall correctly.

Miles

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