Connecting Jersey
The Cloister House Press (Verlag)
978-1-909465-63-3 (ISBN)
Graeme Marett is a Chartered Engineer with over 50 years of experience in telecommunications having begun his career with the States of Jersey Telephone Department through R&D posts with international companies such as Phillips and AT&T and finally working with the local telecommunications regulator in Jersey.
Have you ever wondered how the Channel Islands came to be connected to the rest of the world through the telephone, television and internet? Well, this book discusses the engineering and political decisions that brought international communications and broadcasting to the islands, following the sometimes intriguing and convoluted paths taken to get where we are today. It traces over 150 years of technical and political developments that enabled the people of the islands to communicate with others elsewhere.
Graeme Marett is a Chartered Engineer with over 50 years of experience in telecommunications having begun his career with the States of Jersey Telephone Department through R&D posts with international companies such as Phillips and AT&T and finally working with the local telecommunications regulator in Jersey.
Chapter 1 - The Telegraph System; Chapter 2 - The Channel Islands Telegraph Company; Chapter 3 - The Submarine Telegraph Company; Chapter 4 - The Jersey and Guernsey Telegraph Company Ltd; Chapter 5 - The Telegraph Under the General Post Office 1872 - 1914; Chapter 6 - The Arrival of the Telephone; Chapter 7 - The National Telephone Company 1895 - 1911; Chapter 8 - Telephones and Telegraphs under the Post Office 1912 - 1923; Chapter 9 - The General Post Office Telegraphs and Submarine Cables 1923 - 1940; Chapter 10 - The 1914 Telegraph Cable and Military Telegraph Circuit; Chapter 11 - The First Submarine Telephone Circuit; Chapter 12 - Wireless Telegraphy; Chapter 13 - The War Office Cables; Chapter 14 - Telephones under the States of Jersey 1923 - 1940; Chapter 15 - Telecommunications in the Occupation 1940 - 1945; Chapter 16 - The Post War Years 1945 - 1959; Chapter 17 - The Automatic Era 1960 - 1972; Chapter 18 - The States of Jersey Telecommunications Board 1973 - 1985; Chapter 19 - From Analogue to Digital 1976 - 1993; Chapter 20 - Towards Compensation 1995 - 2002; Chapter 21 - The Telegraph the Telephone, the Railway Companies and Way Leaves; Chapter 22 - The Post Office Telegraphs and Cables 1945 - 1972; Chapter 23 - Civil Defence Communications; Chapter 24 - Cable Radio and Television Relay Services; Chapter 25 - Local Broadcasting Services; Chapter 26 - Local Sound Radio;
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 37 black and white photographs; 37 black and white photographs |
| Verlagsort | Gloucester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 960 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-909465-63-1 / 1909465631 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-909465-63-3 / 9781909465633 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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