Western Union Telegram Service. Stop.

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html">http://www.livescience.com/technology/060131_western_union.html</a><br /><br /><i>"After 145 years, Western Union has quietly stopped sending telegrams. On the <a href="http://www.westernunion.com/info/osTelegram.asp">company's web site</a>, if you click on "Telegrams" in the left-side navigation bar, you're taken to a page that ends a technological era with about as little fanfare as possible."</i><br /><br />That is the end of an era, and somewhat unfortunate. I understand Jason was working on a <a href="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/subscribe.php?&ssm.perform(home)=&">subscriber feature</a> that would allow you to get your newsblasts from Pocket PC Thoughts in a telegram. :lol: You can read more about the <a href="http://www.retro-gram.com/telegramhistory.html">history of telegrams here</a>.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/hansberry/2006/20060203-telegram.jpg" /><br /><br />To be honest, I didn't know you could still send telegrams, but then again, for all I know, the <a href="http://www.ponyexpress.org/history.htm">Pony Express</a> is alive and well in some western states. 8O

[Damion Chaplin]

I had no idea either!
Now I'm sorry I never got the chance to send one... :(

[tep]

Correct me if I'm wrong but... I recall telegrams being delivered by young adults who sing or read the telegrams to the recipient. :D

[ctmagnus]

Correct me if I'm wrong but... I recall telegrams being delivered by young adults who sing or read the telegrams to the recipient. :D

Those are singing telegrams. Not the same as conventional telegrams. ;)

[Lex]

I heard about this - - by an email. :D

[Constant Caffeine]

To be honest, I didn't know you could still send telegrams, but then again, for all I know, the Pony Express (http://www.ponyexpress.org/history.htm) is alive and well in some western states. 8O

I don’t know about anyone else, but I think the USPS has been getting slower with there first class mail. Perhaps they should change the name to Pony Express mail.

[welmoed]

Gosh, I remember getting a telegram once... I was living in Holland and my boyfriend in the US sent me one. I'm sure I still have it somewhere. Getting a telegram was such a big deal!! Sad to see the end of an era... but it really should come as no surprise.

--Welmoed

[Kacey Green]

I was just talking about this when I relaunched my site, I'll never get a telegraph. :(

[Stik]

Now I'm sorry I never got the chance to send one... :(

Although Western Union is now defunct, there still is a service to send telegrams in different formats, including hand delivered and the singing variety! :mrgreen:


http://www.americantelegram.com/

[ctmagnus]

Two days or more, delivered anywhere in North America, $30.95 + $.89/word (http://www.americantelegram.com/handdelivertelegrams.htm). I don't think so. I get monthly Internet access for less than that.

If spammers had to pay rates like that to deliver their messages, the Internet would be a whole 'nother concept today.

[Kacey Green]

Two days or more, delivered anywhere in North America, $30.95 + $.89/word (http://www.americantelegram.com/handdelivertelegrams.htm). I don't think so. I get monthly Internet access for less than that.

If spammers had to pay rates like that to deliver their messages, the Internet would be a whole 'nother concept today. They may have to. http://www.grlt.com/j/content/view/19/2/