Mad_Jack
Legend
Telegraphs begin in 1816, and Eberron has no telephone equivalent.
On a slight tangent, I've always found this to be somewhat hysterical...
It's fascinating to look back at some of this stuff and realize that a lot of things are either much older or much newer than we think...
(My ACW-era bayonet has a threaded metal screw in it, which I thought was odd until I found out that they date back to 1775 or so...)