Today on Far Future Horizons we present Modern Marvels “The Transatlantic Cable” which tells the story of Cyrus West Field and his epic struggle to lay the first transatlantic cable between the Old and New Worlds.
In today’s era of high-speed communications and global connectivity it’s difficult to imagine a time when news travelled no faster than it could be delivered in person. A message can now be sent around the world in less time than it takes to read this sentence.
