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They were two distinctly different devices and systems. Telegraph messages were sent over different wires using different equipment.
The proliferation of phone lines probably brought down the cost of sending a telegraph, since the lines COULD share the same poles - sort of how the advent of the internet, fiber-optic data traffic and cable TV have brought down the cost of landline phone calls.
However, in my opinion the telephone all but killed the telegraph as a means of communication. I can't remember the last time I spoke with anyone who had sent or received a telegraph message!
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How would you put telegraph in an sentence?
Bell was trying to improve the telegraph when he invented the telephone. They used the telegraph to communicate across the ocean.
When was the telephone invented and why?
it was invented in march 10th,1876. it was made because he wanted to improve the telegraph system
When was the American Telephone and Telegraph Company created?
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company was created in 1885
What is the symbol for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in the NYSE?
The symbol for Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in the NYSE is: NTT.
What happened to the telegraph?
Inventors throughout history evolved the telegraph into the telephone.
What came after the telegraph?
Welll.... the telegraph replaced the pony express then the telephone replaced the telegraph. and now a days texting has replaced the telephone.
What do the telegraph and telephone have in common?
Both use electricity and radio waves to communicate.
What is most related to the telephone?
A telegraph?
What was used prior to the telephone?
telegraph
What is a voice telegraph?
Um, a telephone??
What has the telephone made obsolete?
telegraph
What came before the telephone?
The telegraph
