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Re: When You Dial 911, Can Help Find You?
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| Joseph wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:04:29 -0500, Jer <gdunn@airmail.ten> wrote:
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> For 98% of the US AT&T *was* the local carrier. AT&T had a major
> investment in pretty much all the Bell companies with the exception of
> SNET (Southern New England Telephone) and Cincinnati & Suburban Bell
> Telephone. Except for the independents and except for GTE and Contel
> Bell owned most of the infrastructure in the US and a partial interest
> in Bell Canada in Ontario and Qu=E9bec.
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Well, yeah, back when the RBOCs were owned by Ma Bell - pre-MFJ. But=20
that was then and this is now. AT&T was not a local carrier anywhere in =
Texas, but they sure wanted to squirrel their way under SBC's sheets.=20
They eventually did in major urban service areas, and SBC wound up=20
taking several financial hits for the additional load on the power=20
infrastructure, in-building HVAC operating costs, etc. primarily because =
AT&T usage fees were tied directly to their revenue stream. In most=20
places that wasn't much.
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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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