Thurn Undt Taxis
Where and when did comms networks start?
Were Comms networks always used in economic warfare by competing bloodlines?
Throughout the course of the 16th century, the Taxis dynasty was entrusted as the imperial courier of the Holy Roman Empire and in the Spanish Netherlands, Spain, and Burgundy. In 1595, Leonhard I von Taxis was the empire's Postmaster General. Beginning in 1615, the office of Postmaster General of the Imperial Reichspost became hereditary under Lamoral I von Taxis. In 1650, the house was permitted with imperial authorization to rename itself from the House of Tassis (Taxis) to the House of Thurn and Taxis (from the French Tour et Taxis). It was able to maintain the Imperial Reichspost in competition with Europe's post offices.
Due to the 1792–1802 French Revolutionary Wars and the following 1803–15 Napoleonic Wars, the Imperial Reichspost gradually lost more and more postal districts during the tenure of Karl Anselm, 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, beginning with the Austrian Netherlands, thus depriving the post of important sources of revenue. Upon the death of Karl Anselm on 13 November 1805, the office of Postmaster General was inherited by his son, Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurn-und-Taxis_Post
Thurn & Taxis invented Telecom industry
a long long time ago …
732 years later the story continues …
There are several direct links between the old T&T Postmasters and Phone Book of the World
This article covers a very long period. You can click on a year like 1986 to navigate through time…
https://phonebookoftheworld.com/thurn-taxis/