India discontinues its telegram service
@boingboing wrote: Andy Deemer discovered that India was about to decommission its telegram service on July 15, so he ran around Bangalore until he located the telegram office and sent one to a...
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@Jardine wrote: As far as I can tell, there was no Outlook 95. Taking a week for a telegram to show up seems like a long time too. I thought the point of a telegram was it showed up the same day or...
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@Kimmo wrote: ALWAYS WONDERED WHY THEY ENDED SENTENCES WITH STOP STOP DUNNO WHAT'S WRONG AN ACTUAL FULL STOP STOP Bah; can't post in all-caps? Bit nannyish. Read full topic
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India discontinues its telegram service
@Beholder wrote: Since there's still significant demand for telegram services in India, I suspected an entrepreneurial company might step in to fill the demand, and indeed it has:...
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@Ken_Murphy wrote: I guess they got tired of all the SHOUTING Read full topic
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@dr_bombay wrote: a WEEK? man, no wonder it's dying. i thought telegrams went same day, or even the same hour. Read full topic
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@jake0748 wrote: We're all dying here with this new comment system. And you quibble about whether there was an Outlook 95 or not. Get a life my man. Read full topic
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@stefanjones wrote: In . . . ahhh . . . 1990 I think, my manager and I visited a scruffy truck rental place in some industrial wilderness in northern Queens. The office was a trailer, the kind you see...
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@Slartibartfast wrote: It's really just a ploy for the clacks to take over. Read full topic
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@Jardine wrote: Just wait until Boing Boing's next new comment system. It's going to be telegram-based. Read full topic
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@NeilH wrote: "Telegram-related terrorism fears are high in India". Come again? Oh, and it's interesting how the bottlenecks of this once thought blindingly-fast communications system make it seem so...
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@Shash wrote: AFAIK, there's no tapping anymore. They use Telex links... I last saw a telegram maybe 4-5 years ago, when some client from a rural area sent one to my dad. Quite a novelty even back...
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@mad_madrasi wrote: India Post has an alternate. Its ePost service has been online for last 2 years. Works just like telegram except the text is scanned. http://indiapost.nic.in/aboutePost.aspx Read...
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@Beholder wrote: I must admit, I'm kind of bummed that my comment about a new telegraph company that's stepped in to fill the gap gets hidden in the forum, while some random trivia about which...
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@jake0748 wrote: So, I see there is no way to reply directly to comments on my comments. Sorry Jardine and Beholder. Both gave me a smile. Read full topic
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@L_Mariachi wrote: Not a big fan of flat threads either. Read full topic
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@d_r wrote: Apparently the telegram in India has (or had) a special legal status which made it useful for actvist organizations and young couples marrying against their parents wishes. (See the end of...
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@peregrinus_bis wrote: I sent one telegram in my life (it's not over yet), to report my high school grades to my parents. I was hiding on the other side of the world. I really only ever saw it as...
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@thesupermikey wrote: Does anyone know when the last party line phones were closed in the US? I remember reading the National Park Service uses them to connect cabins and watch towers. Read full topic
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@Jardine wrote: I remember some people in my area of southwestern Ontario still had party lines in the late 90's. It was a problem for dialup internet access. You could connect, but someone in another...
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@Antinous wrote: We got rid of ours c. 1959. Read full topic
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