ATTN: LAST TELEGRAM 2B SENT 14JUL2013...STOP

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June 17, 2013, 06:08:59 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/06/17/telegrams-no-more-stop-india-to-send-final-message-in-july/

...color me surprised.  Thought this form of communication died off long ago.  :o

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Telegraph services ended in the United States seven years ago, but in India, the century-and-a-half old communication medium is still widely used to send messages.

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Approximately 5,000 messages are sent every day by telegram in India, a service favored for its "sense of urgency and authenticity," a BSNL official told the Monitor.
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