• DocumentCode
    747535
  • Title

    The transatlantic cable-an Irish perspective

  • Author

    Connolly, Cornelia

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Limerick Univ., Ireland
  • Volume
    90
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    623
  • Lastpage
    625
  • Abstract
    One of the papers presented at the IEEE History of Telecommunications Conference in Newfoundland last July looked at the first transatlantic cables from an Irish perspective. The author has studied the local impact of the cable as a relatively poor and isolated community suddenly found itself at a hub in the worldwide telecommunications network. The paper describes the Valentia community, the cable station staff, and the cable stations at Valentia, Waterville, and Ballinskelligs
  • Keywords
    history; submarine cables; telecommunication cables; Ballinskelligs; Irish perspective; Valentia; Waterville; cable stations; local impact; poor isolated community; transatlantic cable; worldwide telecommunications network; Assembly; Australia; Communication cables; Delay; History; Libraries; Marine vehicles; Rail transportation; Speech; Telegraphy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JPROC.2002.1002531
  • Filename
    1002531