Western Union last week quietly stopped sending telegrams [1]:
Effective January 27, 2006, Western Union will discontinue all Telegram and Commercial Messaging services. We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, and we thank you for your loyal patronage.
What hath God wrought [2], indeed?
Links:
[1] http://www.westernunion.com/info/osTelegram.asp
[2] http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sfbmhtml/sfbmhighlights01.html