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Contemporary Communication

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In 1775, Revere and Dawes sent warning of the British invading by riding a horse and yelling out, “The British are coming!” As the two couriers made their way, patriots in Charlestown waited for a signal from Boston informing them of the British troop movement. As previously agreed, one lantern would be hung in the steeple of Boston's Old North Church, the highest point in the city, if the British were marching out of the city by Boston Neck, and two lanterns would be hung if they were crossing the Charles River to Cambridge. Two lanterns were hung, and the armed Patriots set out for Lexington and Concord accordingly. Along the way, Revere and Dawes roused hundreds of Minutemen, who armed themselves and set out to oppose the British” [History]. In 1800’s sending a letter to family across the world took a very long time and also the return letter as well. “In 10 days, riders could deliver a letter the 1,966 miles from the base in St. Joseph, Missouri, to the terminus in Sacramento, California” [Mar09]. Even the Pony Express rider would get ambushed by thugs or Native Americans for the valuables. These were methods of communicating before technology was involved in it. Now there’s advanced technology in the world today. It has allowed video chatting, texting, and even sharing anywhere. Militaries now have more advanced ways of communicating with headsets or high-tech walkie-talkies to give really accurate position to bomb or transport supplies in the battlefield. What took The Pony Express about 10 days to deliver a message from Missouri to California, can now be just a second through texting. It’s a very big difference and no more problems for the impatient people. No need to travel far to see a newborn relative because now there’s high quality HD video chatting on mobile devices or computers. The only downside is these devices need a network signal to be able to communicate. The military has more better reinforcement

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