Electric Telegraph

Similarities

1.       Soon after their creation electric telegraphs could transmit messages across the world almost instantly.

2.       In telegraphs and the internet the message is encoded and decoded on the other end of the spectrum.

3.       In Both cases lines are used in order to transfer data from point to point. The internets just happens to be much more complex now.

Differences

1.       The internet as we know it today does not require someone to decode the message like was necessary as the telegraph was getting started. Rather someone rights code and systems have ways of decoding that message and displaying it on your device.

2.       One obvious difference is the complexity the internet can handle. A telegraph was used for very basic messages almost like writing letters to people where now the internet allows for people to send messages with links to other messages that contain huge amounts of data.

3.       Another obvious difference is the visual aspect of the internet. Telegraphs did not allow for things to be shown visually like the internet does with pictures and videos.

Interesting Fact

1.       According to Wikipedia it took 15 years between the first commercial Morse Telegraph line being formed and the first transcontinental telegraph to be laid.