[GreenKeys] Your thoughts on a new telegram service

[Bruce Gentry]

I think it might work in densely populated cities or neighborhoods. It 
would be an upscale or special treat communications form. Bruce Gentry, 
KA2IVY


On 6/21/19 9:04 AM, Joe Herdler via GreenKeys wrote:
> 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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