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| | A Brief History of Data Communications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | By the time of the Civil War, telegraph communications spanned the United States, and in 1866, the first trans-Atlantic cable was laid between the US and France (Werner von Siemens from Germany was one of the pioneers in the development of reliable submarine cables). |
 | | Data messaging networks evolved, to allow individuals to communicate with each other in a digital format. |
 | | Local Area Network deployment accelerated, offering users a new view of data communications networking; the ability to access anything from anywhere, bandwidth-on-demand for data transfers, standardized connectivity, etc. The migration of computer networks has shifted from "Centralized host" to "Client-Server" architectures. |
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