The first Atlantic cable died after three weeks.

In August 1858, a cable linked Ireland with Newfoundland. A greeting from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan took over 16 hours for 98 words. After about three weeks the insulation burned out, partly because an engineer used excessive voltage. Only in 1866 did the giant ship Great Eastern lay a cable that kept working.

Useful: The first success often matters less than the first one that lasts.

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