Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: sethi@udel.edu (Adarsh Sethi) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Speaking of Western Union Message-ID:Date: 21 Sep 89 16:00:53 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 24 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 402, message 3 of 11 In article you write: >X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 387, message 4 of 7 >While we're on the subject of Western Union, here are a few questions about >WU that I've had for quite a while. > > 3. Do telegrams and mailgrams have any modern commercial application > with the advent of electronic mail, the overnight letter, fax, > etc.? I have nothing against telegrams, and it would be a pity > for such a thing to ever die out, but are they still used in major > ways today? (other than the traditional sending of a telegram to > a wedding when you're away) Telegrams are still very useful for overseas communication where telephones are not yet as ubiquitous as they are in the US. In this country though, their use seems to be very limited. By the way, does anyone have a list of other companies (other than Western Union, that is) that handle telegrams? I would appreciate names and telephone numbers. Our local yellow pages are totally blank on this account. Please email to me if it is not of sufficient interest to the Telecom Digest. Adarsh Sethi sethi@udel.edu University of Delaware