The Growth of Communication

| Monday, November 7, 2011
By Roger Frost


Pre-verbal communication is the first method that human babies use to express their emotions prior to speaking. These expressions start as involuntary and then become voluntary as the movements and effects of making them are learned.

Communication by language and writing has been the backbone of our races growth by allowing us to pass on ideas and knowledge to the next generation. This alone has created a bountiful resource that all our future generations have benefited from.

The development of the electric telegraph in the 1840s and the telephone in the late 1870s made rapid long-distance communications possible. Both media began in local areas and then rapidly spread to connect large parts of the Nation and the world.

Fewer than five years after its introduction, over 47,000 telephones were being used in the United States. The growth of these communications media accelerated the pace of social interaction, migration, commerce, and government activities.

On the domestic front, the Radio Act of 1912 established a radio licensing regime within the Department of Commerce and required certain ships to carry radios for communications. Due to conflict between amateur radio operators and the U.S. Navy and corporations, the Radio Act further regulated private radio communications, thus setting the precedent for federal regulation of wireless communications. This act was just the first step in the many regulations that would be enacted to control the private use of communications.

The first government intervention into communications happened in 1912 when the Radio Act was established. This act was conceived to control private amateur radio operators from interfering with U.S. Navy or commercial operators. This act was just the first step in the many regulations that would be enacted to control the private use of communications.

Satellite communication became a reality in 1962 with the launch of the first communications satellite into space. It was the first satellite to receive, amplify, and simultaneously re-transmit signals from earth. The development of satellite communications allowed greater volumes of communications worldwide.

The Internet allows greater flexibility in working hours and location, especially with the spread of unmetered high-speed connections. The Internet can be accessed almost anywhere by numerous means, including through mobile Internet devices. Mobile phones, datacards, handheld game consoles and cellular routers allow users to connect to the Internet wirelessly. Within the limitations imposed by small screens and other limited facilities of such pocket-sized devices, the services of the Internet, including email and the web, may be available. Service providers may restrict the services offered and mobile data charges may be significantly higher than other access methods.




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