On This Day In Canadian History....
1956 - Canadian Overseas Telephone Company, the British Post Office and American Telephone & Telegraph open the first direct dial transatlantic calling service with an exchange of greetings between London, Ottawa and New York. The new $42 million cable from Oban, Scotland, jointly owned by the three firms, consists of two lines laid 30 km apart on the ocean floor.
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