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It is important because the first two things to go down in an actual catastrophic disaster is the internet, cell phones, and satellite technology. Radio and telegraph are the most reliable forms of technology that will hold up in these circumstances.

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Why do you send a telegram?

Actually, these days, you don't. In their day (beginning in the late 1840s), telegrams were very important. In fact, the telegraph was considered an amazing invention, since it transmitted short messages by Morse code hundreds of miles away, often in less than an hour. In the world before the internet, sending and receiving a message in the same day was considered a miracle, since it had taken days to send information by horse (or even by train) prior to the arrival of the telegraph. By the late 1800s, the telegraph had become an essential means of communication. Journalists relied on it to send stories back to their newspaper. And members of the public were excited to receive a telegram, since it usually meant important news, like an upcoming wedding or the fact that a family member from a distant city was arriving soon (or sometimes, a message that someone had just died). Messages were charged by the word, and this meant information was now considered valuable and worth paying for. But when technology improved (first radio, then TV, satellite, and finally the internet), the idea of sending messages by Morse code over telegraph wires lost its specialness. It was now much too slow to wait for a telegram, and there were many better and faster ways to send messages over long distances. One by one, telegraph companies went out of business and fewer people were receiving telegrams. For example, the Telegraph Service in India closed in July 2013: for more than 160 years, the telegraph was an important way to communicate in many parts of rural India. But in a world of smart-phones and instant messaging, few people seem eager to send or receive telegrams any more.


Who are the owners of the Daily Telegraph UK?

The Barclay brothers puchased the Telegraph Group , which included the The Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph and The spectator, from Hollinger in 2004.


When was Great Northern Telegraph Company created?

Great Northern Telegraph Company was created in 1869.


Why was the Telegraph important to business people?

The telegraph was crucial for business people as it enabled rapid communication over long distances, significantly reducing the time it took to transmit information. This allowed for quicker decision-making, coordination, and responses to market changes, which were vital for trade and commerce. Additionally, the telegraph facilitated the management of supply chains and logistics, ultimately contributing to increased efficiency and profitability in various industries.


What did Morse code impact on?

One impact was that when the telegraph line was completed from Saint Lewis to San Francisco, the Pony Express System along the same route had to shut down as the telegraph could send a message almost instantly that took the Pony Express 10 days to carry at a tiny fraction of the cost.

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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 impact did the telegraph have?

Telegraph made passing information easier in the olden days. Electric telegraph made obtaining information possible in short period of time, reducing from weeks to days to hours and minutes. However, radio soon replaced telegraph as the mode of communication.


Do you still use telegraph in modern days?

Yes


Who used the telegraph?

every one back in the old days


How could telegraph be used as a weapon of war?

Communication is one of the most important aspects of war. -That is what the telegraph excelled at.


Who uses the telegraph key?

every one back in the old days


Is obeying God as important today as it was in the days of Moses Joshua and the Israelites?

It is important to obey God now as in the days of Moses and Joshua.


How was society before the telegraph was invented?

Before the telegraph people sent written letters and could take from days to weeks possibly a month to receive it.


Did people in the back days use phone more or telegraph?

The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell. Prior to then people communicated mainly by telegraph.


Why was the telegraphs so important?

So people can talk more quickly and efficiently. Better Then Pony Express


Why is Excel for Windows important now a days?

because these days people have finance problems then they can sort it out on them but especially shops.


What was the telegraph used to communicate over long distances?

The History of the Telegraph. Since the early days of long distance communication, the technology we use has come a very popular.