Re: Demise of Western Union [Telecom]

In article <g8pqed$4id$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, dannyb@xxxxxxxxx says...
In <cdcb30a3-5d0b-42c6-85a5-88b43ae11972@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hancock4@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

What's very ironic is that in the 1980s WU was trying to do all the
'right' things, but apparently their efforts were inadequate. As
others mentioned, they offered email. They attempted to be a long
distance carrier, and other e-services.

In the ?early 1980s? I used to see Western Union vans,
with the (then) new "WU" logo on them, pulling fiber
lines through conduits in Manhattan. So they were at
least trying to parlay their various licenses and physical
plant into something.




That's ok, I was walking down my residential street today and what two
manhole covers did I see? One for Level3 and one for MFN which both
belong to Verizon now.

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