FTL Communications

There are two primary means of faster-than-light communication: ships and the Traveller CommNet. Of the two methods, ships are more commonly used, as the Travellers had previously reserved the CommNet for their own use (except for maintaining and distributing StarWik).

Ships
Ships are the preferred method for carrying messages between systems. Although this technically constitutes faster-than-light communications (thanks to the FTL drive), most people do not think of it as such, since it involves time spent in normal space.

Traveller CommNet
In yet another display of technological prowess far in advance of the rest of humanity, the Travellers had developed a true FTL communication system as early as the 550s BGC. This was when the first version of StarWik appeared on the public access computer nets all across the galaxy.