PHONE TO ARGENTINA
LONDON SERVICE OPENS TODAY TALK TO BUENOS AYRES British Official Wireless Reed. 11 a.m. RUGBY, Sunday. A telephone service between London and Buenos Aires, a distance of over 7,000 miles, opens on Monday. At first it will be a limited service between 5.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. The charges will be £6 9s for the first three minutes, and £2 3s for each minute thereafter. No charge will be made for the present if the call is not completed. This will be the longest regular British telephone service, although successful experimental talks have been made to Australia. 12,000 miles away. It is already possible to talk to any city in America at any time, and San Francisco is approximately 5,000 miles from London. To speak to New York, 2,500 miles from London, costs £9 for three minutes. To speak to Mexico, 5,000 miles away, the minimum cost is £l2.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 721, 22 July 1929, Page 9
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152PHONE TO ARGENTINA Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 721, 22 July 1929, Page 9
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