This post will draw ten political parallels between the telegraph and the Internet, two major communication...

This post will draw ten political parallels between the telegraph and the Internet, two major communication developments of the last two centuries..

I've read of these parallels before. In many ways the international telegraphy/telephone network can be seen as "Internet 0.5".

https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/ten-parallels-between-telegraph-and-internet-international-politics