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Fibre optics were developed in the 1970's and the first live telephone message was sent in 1977 with the first trans Atlantic cable in operation by 1988.
Where would you expect telecommunications to be if everything needed for FO communications had been developed 10 or 20 years sooner.
Also, what would be the spin off from the technology needed to make the FO communications network?