To send a first-class priority (same-day) message from New York to Los Angeles now costs $25, plus 88 cents a word. Does anyone know of a valid reason to pay 8

To send a first-class priority (same-day) message from New York to Los Angeles now costs $25, plus 88 cents a word. Does anyone know of a valid reason to pay 88 cents a word in 2010? It made sense in the old days where they used Morse code, but you would think that the telegrams are sent electronically now.