On This Day in Telephone History October 16TH 1963 - New transatlantic telephone cable, linking the U.S. mainland and England directly, placed in service. Construction of the $47 million system was a joint undertaking of AT&T's Long Lines Department and the British Post Office. The cable stretches 3,500 nautical miles from Tuckerton, N. J., to Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, England, and has the capacity for transmitting 138 simultaneous conversations.

On This Day in Telephone History October 16TH 1963

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On This Day in Telephone History October 16TH 1963 – New Transatlantic Telephone Cable, linking the U.S. mainland and England directly, placed in service. Construction of the $47 million system was a joint undertaking of AT&T’s Long Lines Department and the British Post Office. The cable stretches 3,500 nautical miles from Tuckerton, N. J., to Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, England, and has the capacity for transmitting 138 simultaneous conversations.