North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Multiple Roots are "a good thing" - Karl Auerbach (fwd)
Somewhat OT, perhaps, But I can't let this pass: > It wasn't that many years ago in the United States when there was one big, > monolithic telephone company. HorsePucky. There were in the 80's roughly 1100 independent telcos in the US. (Can anyone say "REA"?) There was also GTE & AllTel (who were quietly buying up many of the 1100...) and don't forget ConTel. Now? We are far far closer to err.. quad-opoly control of the PSTN and the last mile than back then. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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