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To: elmatador who wrote (64387)	6/23/2010 8:21:10 AM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219570

> Telecoms were the telegraph poles along the railways.> Maybe technologically. But as a business of communications, Deutsche Post and the Royal Mail have a history going back about 500 years. Postal industry subsidized and incubated most of the transportation systems in US (and maybe in other countries too). en.wikipedia.org The Royal Mail traces its history back to 1516, when Henry VIII established a "Master of the Posts", a post which eventually evolved into the office of the Postmaster General. The Royal Mail service was first made available to the public by Charles I on 31 July 1635, with postage being paid by the recipient, and the General Post Office (GPO) was officially established by Charles II in 1660.[12] Of course, less modern mail systems go back 3000 years... en.wikipedia.org