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Re #11: tell us how two people living some distance apart, who do not have computers or fax machines, can without prior arrangement get a written message sent by one to the other within an hour or two? Public fax machines and computers don't help in the delivery of the message. It's jep's figures in #112 that explain the failure of telegraph service: most people have better means, but this still leaves a few in the lurch. They will just have to "get with the program" (literally and figuratively). "Long distance" telephone service may become another victim. Since we now have cell phones, and don't make international calls, we never use POTS long-distance. Even POTS is under some threat. We dropped our second line since we moved to cable internet. Our daughter doesn't have POTS at all, relying solely on a cell phone.
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