Writing and sending Letters to the Philippines has been a long lost practice since faster methods of communications have been made available. The internet is one of the many methods currently used today by OFWs (overseas Filipino workers) to communicate with their loved ones in the Philippines. Unlike sending Letters to the Philippines, which was the only affordable way of communication in that past between an OFW and his/her family, emails (electronic mails) and chatting are far more faster and more convenient way of communications. Other than emails and chatting, online video calls have also been used to allow people to talk to their loved ones while while watching them. The internet have truly replaced the use of letters when it comes to communication. But this doesn’t always mean that sending letters have become obsolete.
There are times in which using the internet is not enough to accomplish a specific task that only letters can do. One of which is the transfer of documents, especially those that contains important signatures or those that requires to be signed. Letters could also serve as evidence for certain cases in which validity is integral to the case, whereas online messages or mails could be easily manipulated. In the Philippines, although the use of cellular phones provides cheaper way of communications, some OFWs still send Letters to the Philippines as a way for communication with their families back home. This is because unlike the use of internet, which requires skill to operate a computer and the internet, some Filipinos would only have to read from the letter. Another reason is that not all Filipinos are connected through the internet. They do, however, have addresses which can be used to send letters in. Unlike emails, where the recipient needs an individual e-mail address to receive messages, addresses are not chosen (per se), and so with the help of a postal service, delivering an advertisement to all homes in a particular area is not hard. Also, the use of important letters or documents, that need to be retained can be kept more easily and securely.
The development of the telegraph shortened the time taken to send a letter by transferring the letter as an electrical signal (such as that used in Morse code) between distant points. At the telegraph office closest to the destination the letter, the signal was transferred back into a hard copy format and sent as a normal mail to the persons home. This allowed the normal speed of communication to be drastically shortened for larger and larger distances.
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