>
> There are also other factors, one little unknown is that a fixed copy can
> be generated at both ends. If you use the service correctly you generate
> the puch tape to create the file to send off line, then run it through at a
> latter period (So the sender has a transcript!). The other is that it
> created more than one copy (A carbon copy as well). But you are right about
> the far reaching bit of the service, this format would almost go through
> mud, and the human can decipher the words with errors whereas modem could
> not (OK so you can flame me on that I know that there are some holes in it)

One reason one finds telex popular in middle-of-nowhere situations is precisely
that in such situations there's an increased need for cheap extremely long dista
nce
communication.

It's hard to remember now, but there was a time (I'm showing my age) when a long
 distance phone call
was a special event, and an international phone call a near miracle.

In a remote place, almost everything comes from far away. So there's a greater n
eed to carry
on commerce, especially, over distances.

So, a cheap method of sending messages was and is vital in such places. I know I
 still
depend on the Telex and the 'S.T.D' (long distance) phone system when I'm in Ind
ia.



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