[GreenKeys] Question regarding TWX and Dial TWX...

[dmm at lemur.com]

Martin asks
>When was the end of the UK and International  Telex system?

Apparently it hasn't happened yet (or is just starting now, in 2010).
See "Telex: A Faint Ping" which appeared in _The Economist_
(Jan 31, 2008 in the UK edition, Feb. 2, 2008, p. 68 in the US edition).

I generally don't post material in copyright, but here, for your
personal scholarly reference, is a low-res copy of it.  I'll be taking
this offline soon, so read it quickly.

http://www.circuitousroot.com/private/economist-telex-2008-02.jpg

Or get a version directly from The Economist at:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_TDGDJPGS
I believe you can do a 14-day free trial.


If one were, say, a bank, one would have to be utterly insane NOT to have
a Telex - simple, robust, and entirely separate from the public Internet.
The public Internet has its uses, of course, but reliable and secure
communications are not among them.

Regards,
David M. MacMillan
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