"After having dug to a depth of 10 meters last year, British 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 POMS, in the weeks that followed, Australian
scientists dug to a depth of 20 meters, and shortly after, headlines in
the Aussie newspapers read: "Australian archaeologists have found traces of 150 year old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the Brits."
              
One week later, Maori TV reported the following: "After digging
as deep as 30 meters in his backyard in Te Kuiti, Hone Waiata, a King
Country Kaumatua, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Hone has therefore concluded that 300 years ago Maori had already gone
wireless."