Marconi vs. the Cable Builders: Who Really Built the Internet?

Logosofia no Dia a Dia · May 5, 2026 · 28m

Did the internet's true ancestors stand on a windswept Cape Cod cliff, or lie coiled on the ocean floor? This episode digs into the history of the South Wellfleet Marconi station — the site of the first wireless message from a U.S. president to a European monarch — and pits Marconi's wireless vision against Cyrus Field's undersea telegraph cables. We explore the engineering, the storms, the collapsing cliffs, and the surprising continuity between 19th-century gutta-percha cables and today's fiber optic networks. Listen as we make the case for both sides — and decide which technological…