Which were the first two capital cities to have a telephone link?

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May 1844, Morse used a system to send a message between Baltimore and Washington via telegraph- a distance of about 64 kilometres. The Morse code was so simple that most people could learn it, and it was adopted almost world wide. A skilled operator could send messages at the speed of thirty words a minute. Now far as voice over the wires that would be... In 1877, J. W. Thomas of the Geelong Customs House experimented with home made telephones between local houses. The first test over telegraph lines took place on January 9, 1878, between Geelong and Queenscliff, Australia. In less than two years the first long-distance telephone calls were held between Semaphore and Port Augusta, (400 km) and between Sydney and Maitland (225 km),Australia. Again, by 1880, only two years after the world's first telephone exchange was built, Australia had her own telephone exchanges in Melbourne and Brisbane, and one in Sydney in 1881. Adelaide and Hobart followed in 1883 and the Perth Exchange opened in 1887. http://www.acmi.net.au/AIC/TELEGRAPHY_AUS.html Apr 16 08, 2:57 AM