[GreenKeys] A Little More TWX History

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 26 Nov 2019, Russ Miller wrote:

> WU used their FAX - the Deskfax - as a way to speed Telegrams from and 
> to customers ONLY. There was no implementation of a business to business 
> solution.
>
Which is also why W.U. was not interested in buying the Bell patents when
offered.  Their business model was the customer brings them the message,
they transmit it and deliver it to the recipient. The early telephone 
being incapable of transmitting any great distance, they saw no use for
it.