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Sri Lanka Postal Department to suspend age-old telegram services

Tuesday, 17 July 2012 - 3:27 PM SL Time

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July 17, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Posts Jeewan Kumaratunga says that the Postal Department has decided to suspend the age-old telegram service soon.

The Minister says the telegram service has become very unpopular and a costly service and is mainly used by the public employees to inform urgent leave officially.

However, the government is expected to introduce an alternative to the telegram service.

Earlier telegrams were used for urgent messages but due to development in telecommunication, it was replaced by fax, SMS and email etc.

Around 1,800 employees that are engaged in handling telegrams are to be given other duties in the Postal Department.

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17 Jul 2012 08:34:37 GMT Report for Abuse

The end of an interesting aera. And now we have Skype free of charge and you can see the person at the other end of the world!

Must admit that I was surprised to read this article, as I thought this service no longer existed for quite some time.
Note on the following link there is a picture of the very last telegram sent in Switzerland April 30, 2001, when the service was discontinued.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomislavmedak/3803261363/

Voodoo Senior Member Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 13213 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 10:32:22 GMT Report for Abuse
	Aachchi malaaa bhumidaaney badaadaaXXXX...XXX

Roshan2007 Senior Member Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17378 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 11:36:25 GMT Report for Abuse
	Sri Lanka could be one of the last country to do it. the telex was invented much later but it extincted way ahead of telegrams soon after fax machines came into existence. the fax machines also becoming extinct due to emails. most predicted house phones (POTS) would become extinct decades ago. Somehow it still survives against all the odds, surprisingly.

goodheart Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1689 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 12:02:42 GMT Report for Abuse
	bhumidaaney bhumi dane kiwwama denui meke thruma oluwata awe... polowata dena danaya......

elephanthouse Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 11129 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 14:07:42 GMT Report for Abuse
	Roshan That s right. One reason is certainly the significant progress made in this field, such as: Mobility ISDN Multifunctionality (SMS, Fax, Copies etc.) Waterproof devices (industrial environment) Telealarm and other special devices

MaKaSo Senior Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 9782 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 15:50:58 GMT Report for Abuse
	First telegram i received from my x-gf. I was delighted :) Gedara kattiya Katharagama giya

elephanthouse Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 11129 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 17:17:25 GMT Report for Abuse
	The interesting part of life.

goodheart Joined: May 2008 Posts: 1689 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 20:15:18 GMT Report for Abuse
	Gedara kattiya Katharagama giya gedar aya kataragama giya atare, mokaso siriyage dedarata ringala......dawasama indalath hariyata wede koraganna beriwela .....eda indala eya meyage x-gf Edited By - goodheart - 17 Jul 2012 20:17:17 GMT

MaKaSo Senior Member Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 9782 Member Profile	17 Jul 2012 20:25:25 GMT Report for Abuse
	gedar aya kataragama giya atare, mokaso siriyage dedarata ringala......dawasama indalath hariyata wede koraganna beriwela .....eda indala eya meyage x-gf goodheart..ubanan maha wanacharayek.

elephanthouse Senior Member Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 11129 Member Profile	18 Jul 2012 22:11:13 GMT Report for Abuse
	Telegram

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