In 1866, Field laid a new, more durable trans-Atlantic cable which provided almost instant communication across the Atlantic.

The international group of companies is already set to begin work on a second trans-Atlantic cable, called TAT-9, that would go into service in 1991.

He supplied capital to finance the westward development of the railroads and was a director of the company that laid the first trans-Atlantic cables.

Eventually, ten trans-Atlantic cables were landed there-among them the fastest in the world at that time.

The first trans-Atlantic cable, laid in 1956, carried 48 conversations.

Here is a snippet of unused trans-Atlantic cable, retailed by Tiffany & Company in 1853.

The new cable can carry 80,000 simultaneous telephone calls - more than all the current trans-Atlantic cables, both fiber and copper, combined.

And he would need them all, because the trans-Atlantic cable, like the Internet, was made possible by advances in a collection of technologies, all coming together.

Joan's going to need underwiring like trans-Atlantic cables.

He came during the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable during 1865-6.