Question

1. What are the list of items mentioned in timeline related to?
2. Which of these means are you aware of?
3. Which of these means do you actually use?
4. Which of these are now outdated?
5. What could be the reasons for them getting outdated?
6. Can you add more to the list?

Answer 1

1. They are related to the development of different means of communication from earlier times to the present day.
2. I am aware of messenger, postman, telegram, telephone, fax, radio, television, pager, email, mobile and satellite phones.
3. I mainly use mobile phones, email, telephone, television and internet-based communication.
4. Coloured smoke, horseman/camelman, messenger, telegram, radio ham and pager are now mostly outdated for regular communication.
5. They became outdated because modern communication is faster, cheaper, more convenient and more reliable. Mobile phones, internet and email can send information instantly over long distances.
6. Yes. We can add:
   1. Internet
   2. Video calling
   3. Social media
   4. Instant messaging
   5. Video conferencing
   6. Online chat
   7. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)