What is some of the benefits of the Transatlantic Cable?

The advantage of the transatlantic cable was that it took less time to transmit messages. In 1866 a voyage across the Atlantic could take months, so sending letters and getting answers could take over months. the transatlantic cable could transmit 1 Word every 10 min which was a great improvement in communication devices the first message sent with the transatlantic cable was from Queen Victoria to president James Buchanan and it took 16h30min to transmit a 99 Word message.