telecommunications

  1. Graham1973

    The First Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Messages

    One of the first great communication 'collapses' in history was the advent of the electric telegraph which drastically reduced communications times across large distances. Permitting this 'time compressing' technology to cross the oceans seemed an insurmountable problem, especially in an era...
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    • 1860s atlantic telegraph company great britain late 1850s late 19th century submarine telegraph cables telecommunications transatlantic telegraph cable united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. M

    ARM cancelling ISA licenses to Qualcomm

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud Actual nuclear bomb. Probably wouldn't actually happen, since it sounds more like a big bargaining chip, but potentially a huge turning point for the chip industry, and especially...
    • Maro.Kyo
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    • 2024 aerospace industry cold war ii computer architecture computing cpu defense industry electronics interesting times microprocessors telecommunications united kingdom united states
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  3. overscan (PaulMM)

    Mobile phone coverage via Satellite - SpaceX and One.nz

    https://one.nz/why-choose-us/spacex/ NZ Telco one.nz (formerly Vodafone NZ) is one of six ISPs partnering with SpaceX to do mobile phone calling via satellite. NZ Mobile networks cover 98% of where people live, but only 40% of New Zealand. So satellite calling can open up access in the rest...
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    • 2020s 2024 leo satellite new zealand satellite phones spacex telecommunications
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Pathfinder (United Kingdom)

    https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51378320
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    • 2020 2022 communications relay esa goonhilly earth station moon sstl telecommunications uksa united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    ARPANET

    http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-internets-save-the-date-a-tiny-item-in-a-ucla-stu-898064971 http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-arpanet-1969-1989-in-one-gif-1258090851
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced research projects agency advanced research projects agency network cold war computing darpa defense advanced research projects agency department of defense history of the internet telecommunications united states
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    • Forum: Military
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