Wednesday, August 14, 2013

As India Taps Out Final Telegram, Costa Rica Continues

The Costa Rica StarAs India Taps Out Final Telegram, Costa Rica ContinuesThe Costa Rica StarIndia recently closed a 163 year-old chapter of her communications history as a telegraphic operator tapped out that country's last telegram sent across a state-run network. As expected, the final Morse code dot/dash sequence on that last telegram ...

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Ashes 2013: England v Australia, third Test live

Telegraph.co.ukAshes 2013: England v Australia, third Test liveTelegraph.co.ukIf you cast your mind back a decade - oh, go on - to Melbourne in 2002-03, then you'll remember England were cruising on day one after a heavy defeat in the previous Test. ... E-mail Lanky writes: "David Gower - keeping English cricket in the 18th ...

Death Comes to the Telegram

Americana ExchangeDeath Comes to the TelegramAmericana ExchangeThe oldest form of long-distance instantaneous communications had come to an end, roughly 170 years after its birth. A form of works on paper that carried the most important news of its day at the fastest speed existed no more. The telegram was dead ...