Telstar was a BIG DEAL! There was even a pop song about it.

-John

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> I was surprised to see how late it was before the first *wired*
> transatlantic phone call was made: 1956  ($12/3 minutes, 36 lines
> available).  the first Telstar call wasn't that much later in 1962.
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