[GreenKeys] Where was the "Telegraph" in AT&T?

[Jeffrey Golas]

I thought this might have an answer for you, but it mentions nothing of telegraph other than in name. That may be an answer in itself; seems telegraph peaked in the 1870s.

For what its worth, it was a BILLION dollar venture, in 1934.  They reported 13,458,000 telephones under ma bell/At&t in 34, with just under 17,000,000 telephones total in the US.

Jeff

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> On Feb 2, 2025, at 11:15?PM, David Breneman via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> ?
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>> On Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 03:32:46 PM PST, Bruce Gentry via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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>> 
>> ...However, how did one send a telegram via AT&T?
> 
> When AT&T started expanding (I think it was still called
> the American Bell Telephone System) Western Union started
> to compete with them for telephone service.  So AT&T
> decided it would invade WU's turf the way WU had invaded
> theirs.  There was soon a settlement reached that kept
> both companies focused on their own key product, but by
> that time American Bell had already changed its name.
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