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The first ''radios'' were party line telephones.
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The first ''radios'' were party line telephones.
cuhulin

Nah -- it was two tomato cans and a long string

Lamont

Seriously before wireless was optical telegraphs - 1700's
http://tinyurl.com/2soe7x

A great book on this and the telegraph is "The Victorian Internet" by Tom
Standage (Author)
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http://tinyurl.com/ypkq45

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