Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.
Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.
150 years ago, you being on a plane wouldve been unthinkable, let alone instantaneous international communication
Seriously I was astonished hearing our teenagers complaining the plane wifi “sucks” because they had bad ping at fortnite. Like seriously think about it 1 second ungrateful brats.
Didn’t have internet when I was in Guangzhou all the way until my family left China 2010
I still don’t know if it was even a thing in my area or if it was just because of money issues.
my ex-in laws in Jiangxi got it around the same time too
The idea of an airplane would he quite a stretch in 1876 considering the Wright brothers made their famous flight in 1903.
My point was more about instantaneous communication for civilians between a ship in the middle of the sea and an airplane half a world away.
Even if the plane existed you’re not gonna be running a telegraph cable to that or the ship. Even if you focused on radio, a general passenger wouldn’t be able to use it on a whim.
And there, you’d be looking at 1901 for the first trans-Atlantic signal.
But then again, a general passenger couldn’t use the plane’s radio on a whim back in – oh, 2003 (first airplane wifi came about in 2004 apparently). There are some layers to this thought.