 However, it laid down maximum charges for the most common uses of the service.It stipulated that charges throughout the United Kingdom were to be at a fixed rate regardless of distance, not exceeding 6"d" for the first twelve words or ½"d" per additional word, inclusive of addresses.This charge was to include delivery on foot within one mile of the telegraph office, or to the town postal boundaries; if the message was to travel further, it would be delivered with the next standard postal delivery from that office, at no additional charge, or optionally by foot messenger at no more than 6"d" per two miles.