[GreenKeys] Your thoughts on a new telegram service

[Dave Wade]

Joe,

In the UK you can still send that sort of message, but I suspect it travels by e-mail or internet for much of its journey….

 

https://www.britishtelegram.com/about-us

 

Dave

G4UGM

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Joe Herdler via GreenKeys
Sent: 21 June 2019 14:04
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Subject: [GreenKeys] Your thoughts on a new telegram service

 

So, after being up all night at work due to weather, my mind started wandering and of course, (re)turned to my favorite subject, Teletypes.

 

I know that WU stopped its' telegram service about thirteen years ago.

 

Now I am not a Luddite, and I realize that the digital / internet realm has conquered almost every aspect of life. However, I wonder if there would be any demand for a new telegram service. Unlike texts or e-mail (which itself is on the decline giving way to texts), a telegram is physical and you can hold it, file it, put it in a drawer or even the fireplace. There is a sense of urgency and permanence with a telegram. It is there when the lights go out. It can be put in a scrap book. I have seen old telegrams about everything... birth and death announcements, military service men and women, business and political activities, etc and etc. And a telegram, unlike a first class letter, was a premium service. They were never cheap to send in whatever eras money they were sent with.

 

So what do you think? Could some entrepreneur with more dollars than sense start a smallish company and revive wire sent telegrams? Maybe even with modern versions of the old WU telegram form (with a new company's logo, of course) and pasted tape printout.

 

Best,

 

Joe Herdler KB0TXC 

 

Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness will follow you.

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