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The advantage of the transatlantic cable was that it took less time to transmit messages. In 1866 a voyage across the Atlantic could take months, so sending letters and getting answers could take over months. the transatlantic cable could transmit 1 word every 10 min which was a great improvement in communication devices the first message sent with the transatlantic cable was from Queen Victoria to president James Buchanan and it took 16h30min to transmit a 99 word message.

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