{"id":224,"date":"2008-04-25T22:13:38","date_gmt":"2008-04-25T15:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanok.net\/blog\/2008\/04\/26\/the-final-telegram\/"},"modified":"2008-04-26T12:13:53","modified_gmt":"2008-04-26T05:13:53","slug":"the-final-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanok.net\/blog\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"The Final Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kanok.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/windowslivewriterthefinaltelegram-aaf13-13-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"186\" alt=\"3_13\" src=\"http:\/\/kanok.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/windowslivewriterthefinaltelegram-aaf13-13-thumb.jpg\" width=\"299\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\"><\/a>&nbsp; After 133 years in operation servicing all Thai people, it is time to an end.&nbsp; After April 30, 2008 the telegram service in Thailand will be terminated.<\/p>\n<p>The good old telegram has been defeated by mobile phone, SMS and Internet e-mail which make telegram less and less popular.&nbsp; Currently there are around 100 telegrams per month while the cost of maintaining the system is around 25Mbaht monthly.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is the normal case of old technology was replaced by a new one.<\/p>\n<p>I remember once in the school, we learn how to send the telegram and really send one as a homework.&nbsp; Waiting for telegram send to myself is quite exciting back then.<\/p>\n<p>Now until Apr 30, there will be exhibition on telegram in Thailand at General Post Office (Bangrak) where you can send your last telegram to anyone.<\/p>\n<p>All Good Things Must Come to An End.&nbsp;&nbsp; So long Telegram, we will miss you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; After 133 years in operation servicing all Thai people, it is time to an end.&nbsp; After April 30, 2008 the telegram service in Thailand will&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,27,145],"tags":[202,201,532],"class_list":["post-224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phone","category-technology","category-thailand","tag-exhibition","tag-telegram","tag-thailand"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After 133 years in operation servicing all Thai people, it is time to an end. 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