Even less than a 150 years ago that would have been impossible. And prior to that communication among normal people could take months.

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    3 hours ago

    focused on radio

    And there, you’d be looking at 1901 for the first trans-Atlantic signal.

    But then again, a general passenger couldn’t use the plane’s radio on a whim back in – oh, 2003 (first airplane wifi came about in 2004 apparently). There are some layers to this thought.