postal

Do pneumatic post networks strike anyone here as being built after electrical telegraphy had become established? These systems did depend on the use of the technology behind the electrical telegraph so that the sender can tell the receiver that something is on its way and the receiver can tell...

What if the U.S. Postal Service decided to provide an E-Mail for every citizen, Ie. JohnSmith2468@USPS.USA. As a follow up they set about using telephone poles as wifi hotspots across the country? Basically someone at the post office early on goes "E-Mail? Hmmmmm, Mail . . ., Wait! That's Us!"...