Technology

Our first messages could only be delivered as quickly as a man could walk or shout, as far as he could throw or as fast as his horse could travel. Of course, see methods are still use today, eg. Postal service workers.

This method of technology was the only option back in the day before things like the computers and the internet, however by using this way to communicate it meant they had to have a precise message to send and normally they were very important messages. For example before they wrote letters they had to tell people messages and get them to travel to whoever it was being sent to. Advantages of this is that the receiver  of the message  will be able to understand the tone that the message was being sent in and can read of the messengers body. Disadvantages to this would be that it would take a long time to deliver the message depending on how far the messenger has to travel. Also if the message was misunderstood it could be projected by the messenger in the completely different way intended. Whereas modern day technology, like phones, a message could be sent and delivered within seconds and can be relayed back and forth until the message is understood.