"Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International" said:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > Ironically, Hell Atlantic put in a new 200 pair cable on my road, so
> > the wire quality should be more than adequate now.
>
> You have the finest wire in the world between you and the central office, but
> if that office is five miles away, forget it.
Or even worse, Veridont just strung a new, upgraded (I heard fibre, but
couldn't confirm) cable through my town - heading towards points west. We're
not even tapped off of it, but still on old lines to the Milford office (and
more than 5 miles away :-(
>
> The concept (mentioned in your article) of Baby Bell stalling to install new
> equipment until the smaller companies dry up....I don't know ANY company that
> would do that, do you?
The phone company being against competition? Who would have believed it?
What's that line? "I'm shocked, shocked to find gambling in this establishment."
jeff
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Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux
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Thought for today: hing // n.
[IRC] Fortuitous typo for `hint', now in
wide intentional use among players of initgame. Compare
newsfroup, filk.
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