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>They still use fax and telegrams quite a lot Telegrams? Is this some kind of joke? I've never seen anything resembling a telegram here. Faxes are still use

>They still use fax and telegrams quite a lot Telegrams? Is this some kind of joke? I've never seen anything resembling a telegram here. Faxes are still used between businesses, which is much the same as the US where they're ubiquitous in the real estate and legal industries.

brigandish 3y ago
> Telegrams? Is this some kind of joke? I've never seen anything resembling a telegram here. They're used for special occasions, you can even get them printed on pretty paper and put in pretty envelopes.
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tkgally 3y ago
Telegrams are still commonly used in Japan to send messages of congratulations and condolence. https://www.denpoppo.com/ https://www.denpoppo.com/ https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/dmail/ https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/dmail/ Wedding and funeral ceremonies often include a segment where someone reads aloud messages that have been delivered by telegram.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  This doesn't seem like a technological issue at all, unlike Fax machines. Unless I'm missing something, this is basically like the old-fashioned "singing telegrams" in the US, except without the singing part: you're just hiring a person to deliver a message in-person and read it aloud. The message isn't being transmitted over actual telegraph wires.
throwaway2037 3y ago
I didn't know that US real estate agents still use faxes. Really??? What are they sending? Floor layout?
- _def 3y ago
  Just guessing, but maybe signed contracts
  - throwaway2037 3y ago
    Good point. I wonder if they fax for "round one", then use courier on bike for "round two".
- lost_tourist 3y ago
  most don't, they use email and signed pdfs like most people, i'm sure there are some hold outs though.
est 3y ago
I remember few years back Tokyo's Covid-19 numbers plateaued because the hand-written fax system https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-internet/fax-loving-japan-to-introduce-online-system-for-reporting-coronavirus-idUSKBN22D4FB https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-... https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13373419 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13373419
- supernova87a 3y ago
  The UK's virus numbers did too. But because they ran out of Excel rows and didn't know it.

brigandish 3y ago

> Telegrams? Is this some kind of joke? I've never seen anything resembling a telegram here. They're used for special occasions, you can even get them printed on pretty paper and put in pretty envelopes.

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tkgally 3y ago

Telegrams are still commonly used in Japan to send messages of congratulations and condolence. https://www.denpoppo.com/ https://www.denpoppo.com/ https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/dmail/ https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/dmail/ Wedding and funeral ceremonies often include a segment where someone reads aloud messages that have been delivered by telegram.

midoridensha 3y ago
This doesn't seem like a technological issue at all, unlike Fax machines. Unless I'm missing something, this is basically like the old-fashioned "singing telegrams" in the US, except without the singing part: you're just hiring a person to deliver a message in-person and read it aloud. The message isn't being transmitted over actual telegraph wires.

throwaway2037 3y ago

I didn't know that US real estate agents still use faxes. Really??? What are they sending? Floor layout?

_def 3y ago
Just guessing, but maybe signed contracts
- throwaway2037 3y ago
  Good point. I wonder if they fax for "round one", then use courier on bike for "round two".
lost_tourist 3y ago
most don't, they use email and signed pdfs like most people, i'm sure there are some hold outs though.

est 3y ago

I remember few years back Tokyo's Covid-19 numbers plateaued because the hand-written fax system https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-internet/fax-loving-japan-to-introduce-online-system-for-reporting-coronavirus-idUSKBN22D4FB https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-... https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13373419 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/13373419

supernova87a 3y ago
The UK's virus numbers did too. But because they ran out of Excel rows and didn't know it.