Telegram Service End Was NOT Kept Quiet (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2016-03-27 22:22 (#18FB4) AC: Western Union dispatched its last telegram on Jan. 27, 2006, after 155 years of continuous service, and largely kept quiet about it.Me: I remember lots of nostalgic posts, stories, etc. from that time. Maybe you were expecting advertisements crowing over ending such an iconic if obsolete service?