[GreenKeys] Western Union film

[Russ Miller]

Here is a NYT story about the WU Microwave System:

https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/18/archives/microwave-units-are-put-in-service-new-western-union-system-extends.html

In addition, WU would lease capacity from AT&T when the need was there. AT&T would also lease capacity from WU from time to time.

WU has a limited local distribution network, in major cities, all copper which was augmented by leased circuits from the local Bell Company under a nationwide contract.

Thanks 

Russ WA3FRP 

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> On Jun 19, 2020, at 10:13 PM, Robert Nickels <ranickel at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/19/2020 12:38 PM, Nick England wrote:
>> Plenty of views of WU equipment in this 1956 film.
> 
> Thanks for that very cool video, Nick.   I got to wondering, while they showed microwave towers and all, did Western Union actually have it's own physical network?  Or did they just lease lines from the phone company?
> 
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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