Wireless telecommunication has changed the way we interact with people

Brief history of communication devices that led us to wireless telecommunication

In the past when you wanted to meet someone or plan an activity with them you would have to set the rendezvous in person and you had no certainty, whether the other person would show up or not. But that all changed, because the telephone was invented in the late 1800s and it allowed people to connect over great distances, however it was not available for the general population until mid 20th century. Also, initially it required a physical cable to be present between two phones to be able to call someone on the other end. 

That all changed when we got cell phone towers in place and we were able to communicate with other people around the globe. By the end of the 20th century the first thoughts of the world wide web were being tossed around. ARPANET was the first wide-area packet switching network. It later merged with other networks to form the Internet, which is almost essential to life today. 

Chat rooms quickly became popular on the Internet because they made real time communication possible on a worldwide scale. That was the beginning of wireless telecommunication. In current times we have a wide variety of wireless telecommunication applications to choose from. 

Wireless telecommunication has its pros and cons like everything else. Some of the positive sides of wireless telecommunication is that you can connect with anyone at any time, also you can share voice clips, videos and photos with other people and it can also give you a level of anonymity if necessary. But then we quickly got to the point that, if you can just go online and chat with anyone you want then why even bother communicating with someone in real life. People got glued to their phone and computer screens and thus the new era of socially awkward individuals was born.   

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunication

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

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