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They were sending drawings through telegram lines for newspapers during the American Civil War. Thus, the fax is older than the phone. But in terms of general p
by philistine 6y ago
They were sending drawings through telegram lines for newspapers during the American Civil War. Thus, the fax is older than the phone. But in terms of general population use, of course most people encountered a phone before they encountered a fax.
- r3trohack3r 6y agoSource?
- theodric 6y agoGoogle "fax machine history." This is incredibly trivial to verify.
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- aksss 6y agoInterestingly, you can still send a telegram.. https://www.itelegram.com/ https://www.itelegram.com/ I guess these guys took over all the telegram infrastructure of Western Union in 2006.
- kwhitefoot 6y agoTelegrams were always expensive but the price now is outrageous. I followed the link and chose Norway as the destination country and was told that it would cost GBP 22 + 67p/word! Even worse for Mexico: GBP53 + 67p/word. It's cheaper to send flowers with a card!
- ant6n 6y agoThat doesnt sound like fax. Or better, if you include this and fax together, you’d have to describe it as a generic technology that allows sending images remotely. Which may actually survive the telephone.