LONG TELEPHONE SERVICE
LONDON TO BUENOS AIRES (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, July 20. A telephone service between London and Buenos Aires, a distance of over 7000 miles, opens on Monday. At first it will be a limited service between 5.30 and 9 p.m. The charge 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 5000 miles from London. To speak to New York, 2800 miles from London, costs £9 for three minutes. To speak to Mexico, 5000 miles away, the minimum cost is £l2.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 254, 23 July 1929, Page 11
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145LONG TELEPHONE SERVICE Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 254, 23 July 1929, Page 11
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