It's amazing to see how far technology has come when you look back at its original roots. In class we talked about all of the different inventions, with each invention making it possible for future ones to be created. The timeline of inventions we went through in class really put the history of telecommunications into perspective for me. When we look at all of the new forms of communication today, such as cell phones, e-mail, instant messaging, etc., it's astonishing to think that many years ago the most advanced form of communication was the telegraph. The telegraph, which at the time was far beyond any other means of communications, is now considered obsolete because of newer inventions such as the telephone and cell phones. The fact that the use of the telegraph used to be so widespread and common and is now used by just about no one makes me wonder what will come next.