. Bell telephone magazine . n and Atlantic Coast While the march westward was on, still further expansionwas taking place along the Atlantic coast. Late in 1932 a new radiotelephone center to serve CentralAmerica and the Caribbean area was established near Miami,Florida. A short wave channel was provided which was firstused for connection to Nassau, in the Bahama Islands. ThisCaribbean circuit, operated on a party line basis, was de-signed so as to serve a number of countries direct. Venezuelaand Colombia were also connected for service shortly there-after, by arrangements with telephone compa
. Bell telephone magazine . n and Atlantic Coast While the march westward was on, still further expansionwas taking place along the Atlantic coast. Late in 1932 a new radiotelephone center to serve CentralAmerica and the Caribbean area was established near Miami,Florida. A short wave channel was provided which was firstused for connection to Nassau, in the Bahama Islands. ThisCaribbean circuit, operated on a party line basis, was de-signed so as to serve a number of countries direct. Venezuelaand Colombia were also connected for service shortly there-after, by arrangements with telephone companies which operatein these territories and which are allied with the AssociatedTelephone and Telegraph Company. In collaboration withthe Tropical Radio Telegraph Company, operating in CentralAmerica, the countries of Panama (including the Canal Zone),Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Nicaragua were added for servicein 1933 and Honduras in 1935. The Dominican Republic wasalso connected for service with the Miami station in 1935. 47. u u o MAKING NEIGHBORS OF NATIONS Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and Salvador followed in 1936. Thus,service to most of the countries and islands of the Caribbeanarea is well established. Farther north on the Atlantic coast, in 1931, a short wavechannel was established between New York and Hamilton,Bermuda, linking this well-known island into the overseas tele-phone network. Now, turning back to the first overseas route, the transat-lantic, a few of the more unusual extensions of the scope ofservice along that route are worthy of attention. Later Extensions on the Transatlantic Route Service to Australia was opened in 1930, using the NewYork-London and the London-Sidney channels, the first caseof two radio links in tandem. South Africa, Egypt, and Siamwere added, using similar tandem radio channels, in 1932, andalso India in 1933. Palestine was reached through Egyptin 1933 and Syria in 1934 by means of wire lines beyond theradio terminal at Cairo. Algeria, French Mo
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