[GreenKeys] Western Union film

[Jim Cooper]

On 19 Jun 2020 at 21:13, Robert Nickels wrote:

> Thanks for that very cool video,
> Nick.   I got to wondering, while
> they showed microwave towers and
> all, did Western Union actually have
> it's own physical network?  Or did
> they just lease lines from the phone
> company? 

They had their own lines and their own 
microwave trunks ... even back in 1963 
when I went to work for them ... 

Later they built a BIG hub and HQ building
in Mahwah, NJ ... just 'up the road' from me, 
which was there until maybe 10 years ago, 
when they sort of faded away as a serious 
company. 

Jim W2JC