Weiss, Todd. Technology victim: Western Union sends its last telegram. Computerworld. Feb. 3, 2006.

Technology victim: Western Union sends its last telegram - Computerworld Western Union sent 200, 000, 000 telegrams in 1929 ... that number was down to 20,000 in 2005. E-mail has been the last nail in its coffin. Only time we ever got telegrams was when someone died ... times have changed.