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Western Union Ends Telegram Services

Posted by samzenpus on from the first-my-8-tracks-now-this dept.

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."

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  1. I will miss the telegram. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I never, EVER received a spam/junk telegram. Ever. There's something kind of nice about a message transmission medium that has never been trashed.

    "FROM NIGERIA STOP OPPORTUNITY FOR MONEY STOP PLEASE HLP ME STOP..."