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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. OLD NEWS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I read this article on other news sites such as digg before Slashdot. Slashdot is starting to be like a news recycler.

  2. AWEDSOME fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    us3rs of NetBSD oofended some