This is not the first time, I getting bit moved when i am hearing a service, which has 150 years old legacy was completely winding
up in India and world, I have seen complete shutting down of typewriter
manufacturing, which has 140 year old history in world by godrej and boyce in
2011 and incidentally India is last country to manufacture a typewriter.
First came telephone call, closely followed by texts, then a telecom revolution, which drastically brought down communication costs, with email, Facebook and whatsapp etc made services completely free where users communicate unlike telegram which charges an avg of 3/word to 5/word and it is one on one communication tools unlike social and other modern communication tools, but remember telegram has no setup costs unlike email and whatsapp, where there are setup costs, but either way telegram might be costly, when reach matters, math apart, Telegram for many Generation-X and before generations is more than a piece of paper, it holds and carries emotions across country, be it someone in armed forces ,someone joining job, telegram is way for communication with far and loved ones, but one thing that strikes me is why did BSNL write the epitaph to telegram, why can't it handover services back to INDIAN POST and let it run again, like in pre 90's
It is sad to see telegram going into oblivion citing huge operating losses.
How many like me, out there are thinking right now for a moment, i should have sent a telegram yaar..
First came telephone call, closely followed by texts, then a telecom revolution, which drastically brought down communication costs, with email, Facebook and whatsapp etc made services completely free where users communicate unlike telegram which charges an avg of 3/word to 5/word and it is one on one communication tools unlike social and other modern communication tools, but remember telegram has no setup costs unlike email and whatsapp, where there are setup costs, but either way telegram might be costly, when reach matters, math apart, Telegram for many Generation-X and before generations is more than a piece of paper, it holds and carries emotions across country, be it someone in armed forces ,someone joining job, telegram is way for communication with far and loved ones, but one thing that strikes me is why did BSNL write the epitaph to telegram, why can't it handover services back to INDIAN POST and let it run again, like in pre 90's
It is sad to see telegram going into oblivion citing huge operating losses.
How many like me, out there are thinking right now for a moment, i should have sent a telegram yaar..
Sunil Mandava
Technology is good for mankind ! We should just get on with it ! Who knows may be after a decade or so we may not have whatapp and other social networks too and techies are already working on it
ReplyDeleteYea technology is doing good, i am sure products life cycles are coming down and it will be great if they are for beyond 10 years, and am glad that last telegram is going into delhi museum..
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