[johnco]

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year,
New York scientists
found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the
conclusion, that their ancestors already had a telephone network more
than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a
California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a
story in the LA Times read: '
California archaeologists, finding traces of
200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had
an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than
the New Yorkers.'

One week later, The Daily Iberian, a local newspaper in
New Iberia , La, reported the following:
After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Delcambre, La,
Leroy Boudreaux, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found
absolutely nothing. Leroy has therefore concluded that 300 years ago,

La. had already gone wireless.