BUSINESS DOUBLES IN TWO WEEKS
Telex firm booming

The postal strike is forcing
businesses to seek other
methods of sending letters
and one North Shore firm 1s
reaping the benefits.

Tel-Ex’Perts Vancouver, a
professional telex-time-sha-
mng system for companies
without their own telex
machines. has doubled its
business since the mail
service collapsed two weeks
ago.

A9 - Wednesday, July 22, 1981 - North Shore News

American cities where the
message will be received. It
is then hand delivered, said
White.

Unfortunately, personal
messages cannot. be
delivered because . they
would overload the
machines, he said.

According to White,
Canada is one of the few
countries in the world that
does not have public telex

during the postal strike

a week for its own telex
machine to be cost efficient.
said White.

Tel-Ex’Perts opened 3'%
vears ago in Toronto after a
battle with CNCP who had
the sole mghts to telexes.
The Lonsdale office has
been open for 18 months.

And president Ted White booths. But many = small
sayS manv of his new — businesses cannot justify the

customers say they will high cost of their own telex
never go back to mailing machines 30 telex-tume-
orders overseas and to the sharing facilities fills the
East. “They are finding telex gap.

to be faster and much more A company should be

efficient’ so that it saves sending at least 12 messages
money in the long run.”

It costs between $3. and SS (NORTH SHORE SEE

for each minute of telex time

to send a message anywhere

in North America. Between

; > ang ob words are printed NORTH & WEST VANCOUVER SCHOOLS BOARDS
The advantage of telex,

compared to cable, is that it

is sent instantaneously, there (General Education Development)
is no delay with time zones GRADE 12

and it is about one-third less HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
expensive than cables. EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM

Telex messages are sent
directly to another telex
machine anywhere in the
world. Cables must be sent

DAY CLASSES begin AUGUST 4

and will continue Monday through Friday, -

9 AM till NOON in Room 7, Queen Mary School,
to an agent who then 230 West Keith Road. North Vancouver.

delivers the message, ex- $30 PER MONTH

. . Use these classes to prepare for the first tests to bi

plained White Oo i written in September. °
a usiness 1S sending a

telex to another company NIGHT CLASSES begin SEPTEMBER 14

- : and will be heid Monday and Wednesday
which also does not have its 7 to 9:30 PM, Room 7, Queen Mary Schoo!

own telex machine, Tel- $20 PER MONTH

Ex’Perts have offices in all For further information call 985-8741
major Canadian and

ATTITUDE OF MANY members of the public frustrated by the latest mail strike Is
evident from graffiti writer who has added the words ‘yet another’ to the seal over the

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