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The General Post Office (GPO) of the United Kingdom carried the sole responsibility for providing telecommunication services across the country with the exception of Hull. . The GPO issued a range of telephone instruments to telephone service subscribers that were matched in function and performance to its telephone exchang
'BT' – to mark it as a British Telecom UK Pole (This can also be PO (Post Office) or GPO (General Post Office) depending on the age of the pole) a horizontal line marking 3 metres from the bottom of the pole; the pole length, typically 8 to 10 metres, [22] and size. 9L is a 9 metres long, light pole, other letters used are 'M' (Medium) and 'S ...
The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
A General Post Office (later British Telecom) version used for installing telegraph poles was known as the Pole King. [ 3 ] Available with inline four or inline six cylinder petrol and diesel engines from Bedford, Leyland and Perkins , the TK was the quintessential light truck in the United Kingdom through most of the 1960s and 1970s, competing ...
In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.
The New General Post Office, London, 1829, by James Pollard, showing the main west façade on St Martin's Le Grand. Smirke's new General Post Office opened on 23 September 1829. It was the UK's second purpose-built post office; [10] Dublin's GPO (completed in 1818 to a design by Francis Johnston and still in use) predates it. [11]
Group Policy Object General Purpose Outlet , mains socket in Australia General Purpose Output , an uncommitted digital signal pin on an integrated circuit or electronic circuit board used as an output and controllable by the user at runtime.
The Post Office Research Station was first established as a separate section of the General Post Office in 1909. [1] In 1921, the Research Station moved to Dollis Hill, north west London, initially in ex-army huts. [1] The main permanent buildings at Dollis Hill were opened in 1933 by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. [1] [2]