Telecom History....

After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Japanese
scientists found traces of copper wire dating back
1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already
had a telephone network one thousand years ago.

In the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200 metres and
headlines in the US papers read:
"US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibres,
and have concluded that their
ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000
years earlier than the Japanese".

One week later, a Filipino newspaper reported the following: "After
digging as deep as 500 metres, Filipino
scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that
5000 years ago, their ancestors were already
using wireless technology".