NEW MOVE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 80, 1 October 1931, Page 22

NEW MOVE

PRIVATE TELEGRAPHY ~

HOW IT IS

c ■ . Private telegraphy, a possibility foreshadowed soiue months ago, is to become an accomplished fact early next year,- says the "Daily Telegraph." Following the very favourable reception accorded by business concerns to G.P.Q. approaches on the subject, the first Teleprinter exchange is now .being constructed at the Central Telegraph Office. • ... The Teleprinter is a typewriter-like instrument by which persons may in their own" offices send'telegrams, or get into "direct communication with other subscribers and carry on written conversations with them. Among the advantages of the system are that a typed.record is kept of all messages at both the.sending and receiving, ends; there is great speed of communication, secrecy, and -the ability to send messages even if there is np attendant at the instrument ' of the called subscriber. ' ' i When subscribers wish to get into touch with each other they .will type out an exchange number'which will then be automatically switched on.. One thousand subscribers are expected in the initial stage. of the system, which will at first be; worked in the London area only. At a future date it is hoped ;to extend' the system to the provinces. . For private individuals the old system of sending telegrams is to remain, but business firms will be able to eliminate altogether the ordinary sending of telegrams. ' :■','■ . The rental for the machine is to be £50 per annum. In addition, .there will be'a charge for the lines., Fifty words a, minute is a low'estimate of the possible speed which may be obtained by a proficient* operator^ of the teleprinter. There will be ample opportunity to attain a high rate of speed, since subscribers will become- their own telegraphists, the speed of the instrument being limited only by" the operator's abilities. ;■-.- ■•■■■<';■■