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1 .SH tgtimes
2 100 years of radiodiffusion
3 .
4 .PP
5 The Internet existed forever: books and printed press have always been
6 around for communicating ideas and information, and evolved
7 progressively to become what the Internet is today.
8 .
9 .PP
10 Letters were carried by messengers riding horses, postal train, or
11 airplanes. Long-range communication evolved slowly for a long time,
12 but has accelerated rapidly in recent years, until today extreme
13 bandwidth and latency.
14 .
15 .PP
16 The common pattern: a new discovery in electronics permits a new way
17 to communicate information over a long-distance, with a lightning-fast
18 adoption all around the world:
19 .
20 .IP "1919 "
21 wireless telegraphy and music transmission in Germany, Netherland
22 and United-States
23 .
24 .IP "1920 "
25 daily radio programmes in England, United-States and USSR
26 .
27 .IP "1921 "
28 radio broadcasting from Eiffel Tower with 900 W power intensity
29 .
30 .IP "1922 "
31 foundation of the BBC and arrival of 2000 W broadcastings
32 .
33 .PP
34 A few years before, the long-range communication tool of choice was
35 paper.
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37 .PP
38 A few years later, the telephone and television started to develop.