gmw1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener) (09/22/89)
What is the modern distinction between a telegram and a mailgram? I've received several telegrams over the past years, and as one poster also confirmed, they usually come as telephone calls from WU followed my a mailgram a few days later. Are traditional paper "telegrams" still used? (i.e., those that come by WU messenger and say "telegram" on the top, rather than coming by the post office) Besides, if WU is going to charge you $12.50 to make a telephone call, you might as well just make it yourself! Gabe Wiener - Columbia Univ. "This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings gmw1@cunxid.cc.columbia.edu to be seriously considered as a means of gmw1@cunixc (bitnet) communication. The device is inherently of 72355.1226@compuserve.com no value to us." WUI:650-117-9118 - Western Union internal memo, 1877