What effect did the telegraph have on communication? Communication became much less expensive. Telegraphs rivaled telephones for speed and convenience. People could communicate instantly across long distances. Sound traveled more clearly and crisply.

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Saniyah Mejia

4 October, 03:05

What effect did the telegraph have on communication? Communication became much less expensive. Telegraphs rivaled telephones for speed and convenience. People could communicate instantly across long distances. Sound traveled more clearly and crisply.

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Van Mendez · Answer 1

People could communicate instantly over long distances.

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The telegraph was the first of other means of communication that managed to bring the places closer, however distant they were, and allow information to be obtained in a very short time.