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Western Union Ends Telegram Services
Snap E Tom writes "As of this past Friday, Western Union has stopped sending telegrams. The article cites factors such as long distance telephone and faxes that contributed to its demise, but email was the final nail. My hunch is that modern USPS and overnight delivery services did the most damage, though."
Telegram Services STOP.
Dear Western Union, stop. Would you please, please, stop.
Now how are we supposed to coordinate the counter attack against the aliens?
I only hope [stop]
that they do not [stop]
end their exciting [stop]
telegraph service [stop]
Trolling is a art,
Well it takes CowboyNeal a while to type in all those telegrams we send him.
"...factors such as long distance telephone..."
Another example of how modern technology is undermining core business plans. You'd think they would've seen the writing on the wall... in, oh lets say, 1875?
It must be the standard unit of measurement for weighing TV's
If this were really happening, what would you think?
Don't worry- Western Union still handles the kind of transmissions that Congressmen pay attention to.
I had an email in a frame once, but then I closed the browser...
"I'm not impatient. I just hate waiting." - My Dad
"In other news, has anyone on Slashdot EVER written a friendly letter (attempted seduction counts) and sent it by snail mail?"
Well, now that you mention it, it was less "letter" and more "book"... but I did get a bona fide letter from her lawyer via certified mail!