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Post #46,630
by wharris2
7/23/02 10:02:07 PM
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New Re: Long Distance Carriers in trouble?
AT&T losing 27B? They're the only business in town, everyone has to deal with them. They go bankrupt, Congress gets off its collective ass and votes some sort of sweet tax reduction or something.
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Post #46,637
by orion
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7/23/02 11:22:24 PM
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New Truth be told
the whole phone system needs a major overhaul. AT&T had planned fiber optic cable in everyone's house before the 21st century, but that was before the breakup and they don't have the resources to do it. It would have been sweet, to have better voice and faster data over a new phone system. But oh well, instead we have the 10-10 numbers and Nickel Sundays and companies called "KT&T" or "I don't know" or "I don't care" run out of some guy's basement so that when someone makes a collect call from an Airport and the operator asks "What long distance company do you want to use?" they can use "I don't know" or the "I don't care" phone company if they answer like that.
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     Long Distance Carriers in trouble? - (orion) - (34) - July 23, 2002, 07:29:09 PM EDT
         Re: Long Distance Carriers in trouble? - (wharris2) - (1) - July 23, 2002, 10:02:07 PM EDT
             Truth be told - (orion) - July 23, 2002, 11:22:24 PM EDT
         LD telecoms - (boxley) - (31) - July 24, 2002, 06:47:42 AM EDT
             What's killing technology and telecom... - (gdaustin) - (30) - July 24, 2002, 11:34:59 PM EDT
                 Not sure I agree with all of it - (tuberculosis) - (29) - July 25, 2002, 05:30:10 AM EDT
                     Ulterior motive. - (inthane-chan) - July 25, 2002, 08:51:33 PM EDT
                     Why Telcos Can't Make a Profit - (gdaustin) - (27) - July 26, 2002, 12:04:13 AM EDT
                         More reasons - (JayMehaffey) - (22) - July 26, 2002, 01:34:27 AM EDT
                             The best that they can do - (orion) - July 26, 2002, 04:54:21 PM EDT
                             softswitched with class 5 features - (boxley) - (20) - July 26, 2002, 11:57:03 PM EDT
                                 How many companies need a Class 5 phone switch? - (gdaustin) - (19) - July 27, 2002, 12:12:05 PM EDT
                                     This reminds me of a book I need to post in Reviews... - (ben_tilly) - July 27, 2002, 02:33:36 PM EDT
                                     I don't think it's that simple. - (static) - (16) - July 28, 2002, 09:15:15 AM EDT
                                         It *IS* that simple - (ben_tilly) - (15) - July 28, 2002, 10:05:48 AM EDT
                                             Peter Principle in hardware? - (Ashton) - July 28, 2002, 04:19:16 PM EDT
                                             LRPD: Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of science?:\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - July 28, 2002, 04:20:52 PM EDT
                                             Unstated assumptions. - (Brandioch) - (12) - July 28, 2002, 05:22:57 PM EDT
                                                 It is not about complaining - (ben_tilly) - (11) - July 28, 2002, 07:01:58 PM EDT
                                                     Understand that nothing goes on forever. - (Brandioch) - (10) - July 28, 2002, 07:38:20 PM EDT
                                                         Of course we have real-world examples - (ben_tilly) - (9) - July 28, 2002, 08:03:10 PM EDT
                                                             How many weight lifters win the 100m dash? - (Brandioch) - (7) - July 29, 2002, 01:27:44 AM EDT
                                                                 Do you ever stop thinking that you have all of the answers? - (ben_tilly) - (4) - July 30, 2002, 06:34:59 AM EDT
                                                                     Uh... Do *you*?!? - (CRConrad) - (3) - July 29, 2002, 11:46:48 PM EDT
                                                                         Yes - (ben_tilly) - (2) - July 30, 2002, 07:25:53 AM EDT
                                                                             Hmmyeah... Could be I forgot; sorry. -NT - (CRConrad) - July 30, 2002, 01:35:19 PM EDT
                                                                             There's a Somerset Maugham story.. - (Ashton) - July 30, 2002, 02:23:56 PM EDT
                                                                 A better example might be Polaroid. - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 29, 2002, 10:42:23 PM EDT
                                                                     The chapter was written in the late 90's - (ben_tilly) - July 29, 2002, 10:57:46 PM EDT
                                                             Re: Of course we have real-world examples - (deSitter) - July 31, 2002, 04:49:46 PM EDT
                                     Siemens HiPath - (boxley) - July 29, 2002, 08:44:18 AM EDT
                         Re: Why Telcos Can't Make a Profit - (Arkadiy) - (3) - July 26, 2002, 03:04:55 PM EDT
                             Costs... - (gdaustin) - (2) - July 27, 2002, 12:24:17 AM EDT
                                 I see similarities here. - (static) - July 27, 2002, 03:21:53 AM EDT
                                 That's why I'm paying $70/mo for DSL - (tonytib) - July 29, 2002, 08:13:48 PM EDT

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