Gave this talk last night to monthly PMI meeting outside DC as part of a new 'Project Showcase' function. It was a great project to discuss and I appreciated the chance to start this event on a positive note.
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The Great Eastern deploys the first successful transatlantic telegraph
cable in 1865. The cost of a message was $5 per word.
Bern Dibner, The Atlantic Cable, Burndy Library 1959