http://atlantic-cable.com/Books/Whitehouse/DDC/
Adjusted for today's dollar (or pound) value, this would be a telecom disaster on the order of 60 Hudson collapsing into a pile of rubble. On Sep 25, 2015 6:30 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > The first undersea telegraph lines were insulated with gutta percha. A > plastic like plant resin. > > When I first started my career we had RG-8 coax cables in our system that > were insulated with gutta percha. It is kinda yellowish green waxy stuff > that is very similar to HDPE. > > Many of you also have gutta percha in your mouth. They fill your tooth > with it when doing a root canal. I like to think my teeth and undersea > telecom cables are related. Gives me warm fuzzys.... >
