===== Points of Divergence : Telegraph =====

Points of divergence concerning the invention and development of telegraph devices. All POD entries are sorted as chronologically as possible. 

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==== Optical and semaphore telegraphy PODs ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earliest-telegraph.273631/|Plausibility check: Earliest telegraph]]**

**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=303910|Roman Semaphore Lines and Horse Drawn Cars]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/optical-telegraph-in-c15th-central-europe.68096/|Optical telegraph in 15th century Central Europe ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-optical-telegraph-in-1684.369071/|WI: Optical Telegraph in 1684]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-napoleon-didnt-use-the-optical-telegraph-would-the-internet-still-be-invented.374680/|Would lesser use of the optical telegraph in the Napoleonic Wars affect the development of information technology ?]]**

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==== Cable (electrical) telegraphy PODs ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earliest-telegraph.71207/|The earliest an electrical telegraph can be invented ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/can-the-electric-telegraph-be-invented-before-artillery-firearms.234202/|Can the electric telegraph be invented before artillery/firearms ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-benjamin-franklin-invented-the-telegraph.180245/|WI: Benjamin Franklin invented the telegraph]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-working-transatlantic-telegraph-cable-in-1858-hurrah.38816/|A working transatlantic telegraph cable in 1858....hurrah !]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/plausibility-harmonic-telegraph-instead-of-the-telephone.283567/|Plausibility check: Harmonic telegraph instead of the telephone]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-telegraph-in-every-home.26497/|Challenge: A telegraph in every home]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-keep-the-telegraph-relevant.184973/|Challenge: Keep the telegraph relevant]]**

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==== Wireless telegraphy PODs ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-a-wireless-telegraph-was-invented-build-in-1855.336713/|WI a wireless telegraph was invented/build in 1855 ?]]**

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-edison-invents-the-radio-wireless-telegraph.406140/|WI Edison invents the wireless telegraph ?]]**

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==== See Also ====

**[[pods:printing press|Points of Divergence : Printing Press]]**

**[[pods:telephone|Points of Divergence : Telephone]]**

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