WIRELESS TELEPHONY
LONDON TO BUENOS AIRES. [ British Official Wireless. ] RUGBY, July 20. The telephone service between Loncon and Buenos Aires, a distance of >ver 7000 miles, opens on Monday. At first it will be a limited service between 5.30 p.m. 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 a 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 ili
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 173, 23 July 1929, Page 7
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145WIRELESS TELEPHONY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 173, 23 July 1929, Page 7
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