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TELECOM Digest     Fri, 11 Feb 94 13:38:00 CST    Volume 14 : Issue 75

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    CRTC Rejects Changes to Inside Wiring Responsibilities (David Leibold)
    Administration Adopts Coldwar Mentality, Pushes For Clipper (Monty Solomon)
    Telecommuting, Follow-up as Promised (Koos de Heer)
    Another Vendor Disguises Self as "AT&T" (Alan Boritz)
    Coca-Cola and US Sprint Run Phony Contest (Alan Boritz)
    New Zealand Dialing Protocol ([e-mail])
    New CompuServe Rates (Gavin Karelitz)
    Looking For 28,000 bps Test Number (Serge Burjak)
    Converting 11 Bit Data to 10 (Dave Wigglesworth)
    Re: Any LD Carriers With Cellular Plans? (John R. Levine)
    UK Net Access (Euan Bayliss)
    Re: VPN Services (David Appell)
    Re: Egghead Software Sells Bogus Phone Directory Software (Gary Breuckman)
    Re: Thanks For Using Your Local Phone Company (Ken Jongsma)
    Re: NPA Readiness for 1995 (Ken Rossen)
    Re: Advertising by New York Telephone (John R Levine)
    Re: Harrassing One-Ring Calls (Mario M. Butter)

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 23:48:21 -0500
Subject: CRTC Rejects Changes to Inside Wiring Responsibilities


[from CRTC news release]

February 2, 1994

CRTC RULES AGAINST BELL/BC TEL PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF INSIDE
TELEPHONE WIRING

OTTAWA/HULL - The CRTC today denied applications by Bell Canada (Bell)
and British Columbia Telephone Company (BC Tel) proposing to transfer
ownership of residence and business single-line telephone wiring
inside buildings to invididual premises owners. Under the companies'
proposals, premises owners with single-line service would have assumed
the responsibility and cost of installing and repairing inside wiring.
Today's ruling (Telecom Decision CRTC 94-2) follows thorough public
proceedings conducted by the Commission.

"Based on the evidence presented during our public review, the CRTC
concluded that the particular approach proposed by Bell and BC Tel for
requiring consumers to take on ownership and responsibility for repair
of wiring inside their premises was not in the public interest," said
CRTC Chairman Keith Spicer. "However, the decision does set out
alternative approaches that Bell and BC Tel could consider to address
concerns raised during our public examination."

In their applications, Bell and BC Tel proposed the following:

* to transfer ownership of existing single-line business and residence inside
wiring to the owner of each premises;
* premises owners, at their option, would be able to obtain new single-line
inside wiring and repair of the wiring from telephone companies or other
suppliers;
* introduction of an optional maintenance plan called LineGuard for an
additional monthly fee, over and above current basic service prices;
* for two-party and multi-party line subscribers, the telephone companies
would continue to provide maintenance as part of the basic service rate for
the time being.

While the Commission concluded that there could be benefits in giving
customers responsibility for inside wiring, the CRTC found that the
maintenance plan proposals would result in unacceptable additional
costs to consumers. Moreover, the Commission concluded that a viable
competitive market in maintenance plan services was not likely to
develop because of the inherent advantages of the telephone companies.

In its decision, the CRTC outline two alternate scenarios which could
be explored by Bell and BC Tel. Under the first approach, subscribers
would be free to choose a supplier to install and repair inside
wiring, and telephone companies would be precluded from offering
maintenance plans. Under the second approach, responsibility for the
ownership, maintenance and repair of single-line inside wiring would
continue as it currently exists unless customers order new wiring or
modify their existing wiring.

In reaching its decision, the Commission took into account the
comments filed by a diverse range of interveners such as the
provincial governments of British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec; the
Telecommunications Workers' Union; the Association of Competitive
Telecommunications Suppliers; Unitel Communications Inc.; as well as
several associations representing electricians, consumers and
anti-poverty groups.


Contact: Bill Allen, Director
         CRTC Public Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
         Tel: [phone], TDD: 819-994-0423, Fax: [phone]

Copies of today's decision are available from the CRTC's main Public
Examination Room (Tel: [phone], TDD: 819-994-0423, Fax: [phone])
or from one of its regional offices:

Halifax, Nova Scotia - Tel: [phone], TDD: 902-426-6997, Fax: [phone]
Montreal, Quebec - Tel: [phone], TDD: 514-283-8316, Fax: [phone]
Toronto, Ontario - Tel: [phone], TDD: 416-954-8420, Fax: [phone]
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Tel: [phone], TDD: 204-983-8274, Fax: [phone]
Vancouver, British Columbia - Tel: [phone], TDD: 604-666-0778,
                              Fax: [phone]

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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 18:27:39 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <[e-mail]>
Subject: Administration Adopts Coldwar Mentality, Pushes For Clipper


FYI

 From: Stanton McCandlish <[e-mail]>
 Subject: Administration adopts coldwar mentality, pushes for Clipper

EFF Press Release            Feb 4 '94             * DISTRIBUTE WIDELY *

At two briefings, Feb. 4, 1994, the Clinton Administration and various
agencies gave statements before a Congressional committee, and later
representatives of civil liberties organizations, industry
spokespersons and privacy advocates.  The Electronic Frontier
Foundation's position, based on what we have seen and heard from the
Administration today, is that the White House is set on a course that
pursues Cold War national security and law enforcement interests to
the detriment of individual privacy and civil liberties.

The news is grim.  The Administration is:

 * not backing down on Clipper
 * not backing down on key escrow
 * not backing down on selection of escrow agents
 * already adamant on escrowed key access procedures
 * not willing to eliminate ITAR restrictions
 * hiding behind exaggerated threats of "drug dealers" and "terrorists"

The material released to the industry and advocacy version of the
briefing have been placed online at ftp.eff.org (long before their
online availability from government access sites, one might add).  See
below for specific details.

No information regarding the Congressional committee version of the
briefing has been announced.  EFF Director Jerry Berman, who attended
the private sector meeting, reported the following:

"The White House and other officials briefed industry on its Clipper
chip and encryption review. While the review is not yet complete, they
have reached several policy conclusions.  First, Clipper will be
proposed as a new Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) next
Wednesday. [Feb.  9] It will be "voluntary" for government agencies
and the private sector to use. They are actively asking other vendors
to jump in to make the market a Clipper market.  Export licensing
processes will be speeded up but export restrictions will not be
lifted in the interests of national security. The reason was stated
bluntly at the briefing : to frustrate competition with clipper by
other powerful encryption schemes by making them difficult to market,
and to "prevent" strong encryption from leaving the country thus
supposedly making the job of law enforcement and intelligence more
difficult.  Again in the interest of national security. Of course,
Clipper will be exportable but they would not comment on how other
governments will view this.  Treasury and NIST will be the escrow
agents and Justice asserted that there was no necessity for
legislation to implement the escrow procedures.

"I asked if there would be a report to explain the rationale for
choosing these results - we have no explanation of the Administration's
thinking, or any brief in support of the results. They replied that
there would be no report because they have been unable to write one,
due to the complexity of the issue.

"One Administration spokesperson said this was the Bosnia of Telecomm-
unications. I asked, if this was so, how, in the absence of some
policy explanation, could we know if our policy here will be as
successful as our policy in Bosnia?"

The announcements, authorization procedures for release of escrowed keys,
and q-and-a documents from the private sector briefing are online at EFF.

They are:

"Statement of the [White House] Press Secretary" [White House]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/wh_press_secy.statement

"Statement of the Vice President" [very short - WH]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/gore_crypto.statement

"Attorney General Makes Key Escrow Encryption Announcements" [Dept. of Just.]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/reno_key_escrow.statement

"Authorization Procedures for Release of Encryption Key Components in
Conjunction with Intercepts Pursuant to Title III/State Statutes/FISA"
[3 docs. in one file - DoJ]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/doj_escrow_intercept.rules

"Working Group on Data Security" [WH]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/interagency_workgroup.announce

"Statement of Dr. Martha Harris Dep. Asst. Secy. of State for Polit.-Mil.
Affairs: Encryption - Export Control Reform" [Dept. of State]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/harris_export.statement

"Questions and Answers about the Clinton Administration's Encryption
Policy" [WH]
file://ftp.eff.org/pub/EFF/Policy/Crypto/wh_crypto.q-a

These files are available via anonymous ftp, or via WWW at:
http://www.eff.org/ in the "EFF ftp site" menu off the front page.

Gopher access:
gopher://gopher.eff.org/
Look in "EFF Files"/"Papers and Testimony"/"Crypto"

All seven of these documents will be posted widely on the net
immediately following this notice.


Contacts:

Digital Privacy: Jerry Berman, Exec. Director <[e-mail]>
                 Daniel J. Weitzner, Sr. Staff Counsel <[e-mail]>
Archives: Stanton McCandlish, Online Activist <[e-mail]>
General EFF Information: [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: My thanks to Monty for passing this along
to us. So, the discontent with President Clinton continues to grow. Does
anyone remember as far back as just before his election when this man
was supposedly going to be such a great person to have in office? Remember
all the great things in store for us? He conned lots of gay people into
voting for him with that bunk of his about no more discrimination in the
military; many Silicon Valley people supported him with his talk about
the Information Superhighway (probably soon to be commercialized beyond
everyone's wildest dreams -- even mine, and I should talk, eh?); why, I
think even the fine Socially Responsible People over at EFF and CPSR all
told us how this dude would be so much better than the current resident
president then in power who no doubt had seen his finest hour long
before moving into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Remember when Clinton went
to that meeting in Silicon Valley and that wimpy software programmer stood
up and said, "I sure wish I had voted for you .."?  I'm sure glad I
didn't!  Well, within a couple years hopefully he will be out of office.
It is too bad that impeachment proceedings are such a long, tedious and
cumbersome process. Nixon was the only president in recent times to face
impeachment, and when it became rather obvious it was about to happen he
resigned instead rather than go through with it.  PAT]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 15:37:07 +0100
From: [e-mail] (Koos de Heer)
Subject: Telecommuting Follow-up Summary


A few weeks ago, I posted a discussion of telecommuting, requesting
discussion and announcing the summary of reactions in a follow-up
post. Well, here it is. Again, discussion is welcome.  Posting is
preferred, but email reactions will be edited (or should I say
moderated? ;-) into a future post.

     ---------------driving forces-----------------

We discussed the driving forces behind telecommuting. In the
correspondence that followed, two more driving forces were added:

There is also the desire of first world companies to take advantage of
third world wages.  If a job can be done by telecommuting, it may not
stay in the first world at all. This is already happening in the field
of programming (especially India).  One other case that was reported,
albeit a quite minor one, is sending hard copies of documents to the
third world for keyboard entry.  This is likely to become less
important over time as OCR gets better.  We don't have numbers for
either case, and no other instances were reported so far.

The European Union (formerly known as the European Community) is
conducting research on telecommuting as a way to help underdeveloped
area's. No results available yet, but the idea is clear: by bringing
the work to the people, one can try to prevent the mass migration to
urban areas in poor countries.

A driving force that we did discuss in the first post, but found
difficult to give hands and feet to, is the development of society. As
technology both advances and penetrates, people will get used to it
and take it for granted. Telecommunications will be used in the future
in cases where a personal meeting is now seen as essential. (Questions
have been raised if this is a desirable development, but that is,
however interesting, not the topic of this post). This sort of
development is difficult to project. We have come up with a few
figures that can serve as input.

The proliferation of Internet:
        1988               33,000 nodes
        1993            1,776,000   "

between 1991 and 1992, the numbers of PC's and fax machines in
households increased with 29% each.

Anyone have more ideas?

       ---------------social aspects---------------

In the first post, there was no mention of the social aspects of work.
Many people like to go to work to meet other people, which means that
telecommuters can become detached from the normal social network of
the workplace.  People can also have the need to maintain a
separation, a distance between home and work. The physical journey to
work can form a useful barrier between the two environments.

It depends on the individual; how (s)he relates to work and what the
(social and practical) situation at home is.  Generally, we use two
sets of criteria when determining the telecommutability of workers:

1. criteria related to the work situation (type of work, type of
   organization)
2. criteria related to the person (home situation, personality,
   personal preferences).

Telecommuting, in our view, will only succeed if the work and the
person are both telecommutable (which includes that the person _wants_
to telecommute).

In general, I expect a change in society in this respect.  The
dependence on work for social contacts will decrease and the
seperation between work and private environments will also become
less. In fact, telecommuting will make it easier to combine an
interesting and rewarding private life with a paid job.

The social problems of telecommuting can also be eliminated by
satellite telecommuting offices. This is becoming more popular in
States such as California where the traffic problem is the greatest.
Even though this is telecommuting, the individual works outside the
home and has a SHORT "physical journey" to the office.

       -------------example: BT------------

We often think of telecommuters as people in highly educated
environments. In the UK, British Telecom has conducted an experiment
with operators in the directory assistance service who worked at home.
Some interesting details:

A key element of the trial was that they were are provided with
videophones to preserve face-to-face contact with colleagues, and in
particular, a videophone was provided in the coffee room of their
central workplace, so that the teleworkers could keep up with gossip
and non-work related discussions as well as being able to consult
colleagues for work-related advice.

Operator jobs are such that one is working constantly, answering
telephone calls for most of the time (it can be quite exhausting).
It's immediately obvious if someone's not working, since their average
time to deal with a call will go up.  The system used to support
teleworking had a facility called "Comfort break", which the worker
used to request a break from work from the supervisor -- to visit the
lavatory, or get a drink.  Of course, this is similar to the situation
working in the Operator Centre -- workers must explicitly request
permission to leave their posts.

Strangely, when the users were questionnaired after the trial, the
"Comfort break" facility was judged to be the least important
facility!  The other facilities (in order of importance) were:

        + videophone
        + electronic mail
        + electronic forms
        + electronic noticeboard
        + newsflash
        + SOS - notification of domestic emergency
                (e.g. "Help! My house is on fire!")

         ------------end of follow-up---------------

As mentioned at the start of this article, comments are welcome.

Special thanks this time to:

Jock Eleven a.k.a. <[e-mail]> (Jonathan Headland)
 "G. TREVOR FOO" a.k.a. <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Jeff)
for their contributions


koos de heer - centrum voor informatieverwerking
[e-mail]               tel. ++31.30.924860

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Subject: Another Vendor Disguises Self as "AT&T"
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 08:10:35 EST
Organization: Harry's Place BBS - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


This must be the week for phone scams in New Jersey. ;) I received
several calls from a company identifying itself as "Network Services
of AT&T."  They pitched a software-defined network using AT&T that
features flat rates of .18/minute over five mileage bands (wow),
compared to a much better rate we presently get from AT&T.  The fax I
received, though, showed a Baltimore address and phone number and the
pitch then stated "utilizing the AT&T long distance network."  In
other words, just another pushy reseller mis-representing themselves.


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place BBS (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

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Subject: Coca-Cola and US Sprint Run Phony Contest
From: drharry![e-mail] (Alan Boritz)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 08:06:15 EST
Organization: Harry's Place BBS - Mahwah NJ - [phone]


Wow, a Diet Coke with a contest opportunity!  All I have to do is call
US Sprint's "Monster Line" (1-800-474-3476) and see if my "Monster
Code" is a winner!  Oh, no, the recording tells me that I can't reach
that number from my area!  Oh, well, Sprint screwed up ANOTHER "free"
offer... ;)


[e-mail]  or  uunet!drharry!aboritz
Harry's Place BBS (drharry.UUCP) - Mahwah NJ USA - [phone]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: New Zealand Dialing Protocol
Date: 11 Feb 1994 11:24:44 -0500
Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation


I understand that nine dial pulses are required to signify the digit
"1" in New Zealand, eight signify 2, etc. Can anyone confirm this?


[e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I believe that is correct. The dial
is exactly backwards of the one we use in the USA. Any New Zealanders
wish to comment?   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Gavin Karelitz)
Subject: New CompuServe Rates
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 21:07:14 EST


Here are the new CIS rates that became effective February 6th:

300-2400 bps   - $4.80/hr
9600-14400 bps - $9.60/hr

The above rates are for the "standard plan" and communications
surcharges remain the same as before for all data networks.


[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 12:42:29 CST
From: Serge Burjak <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking For 28,000 bps Test Number


I am looking for a test number to do inoperability testing over a
satellite link on a 28,000 bps modem. Any help will be greatly
appreciated.


Serge Burjak   [e-mail]

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From: Dave Wigglesworth <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 08:50:27 GMT
Subject: Converting 11 Bit Data to 10


Hi,

We have a remote monitoring and control system that was designed to
run over an X.25 network. Unfortunately the data structure that the
monitoring system gives out is incompatible with the options for the
PAD port.  Does anyone know of a little black box that can convert the
following:

1 Start bit
8 Data bits
1 Parity bit
1 Stop bit

ie eleven bit data

to

1 Start bit
8 Data bits
1 Stop bit

ie eight and no parity (10 bits total).

One option was to change the comms module in the monitoring system,
however, that would cause unacceptable down time as the physical box
that houses it also houses vital systems equipment.

Any solutions? Thanks in advance.


David Wigglesworth
Offshore & International Telecommunications
Conoco (UK) LTD   N2 Conoco Centre
Gallows Hill   Warwick CV34 6DB.  UK
Internet [e-mail]       Voice [phone]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 09:52 EST
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: Any LD Carriers With Cellular Plans?
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> While I'm not particularly hopeful, I'm curious if anyone knows if any
> of the major carriers offer discounts to cellular customers.

Sure.  Sprint offers the same baffling array of discount plans on my
cell phone as they do on my landline.  But for some reason they can't
combine cellular and landline phones on the same bill.  Multiple
cellular or multiple landline are OK.

Is CellOne Boston equal access?  Since it's actually Southwest Bell,
one of the RBOCs, I would expect that it is.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Euan Bayliss)
Subject: UK Net Access
Date: 11 Feb 1994 12:27:32 GMT
Organization: Banyan Systems Technical Support


Hi there all. I am currently connecting via a normal residential BT
line using PPP.

I am wondering if I will get better value for money if I move to, say,
Mercury. Note that the vast majority of my calls on that line are
off-peak local ones.

Any suggestions?


Euan Bayliss, of the Tech Services Department, Banyan Europe

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 08:34 EST
From: David Appell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: VPN Services


> Does anyone have any information comparing the VPN (virtual private
> network) services of the major interexchange carriers?  Any references
> to documents or reports?

You might try: Daniel D. Briere, _Virtual Networks - A Buyer's Guide_,
Artech House, Inc., 685 Canton Street, Norwood, MA 02062, c. 1990,
ISBN 0-89006-411-3.


David Appell  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 07:41:11 -0800
From: [e-mail] (Gary Breuckman)
Subject: Re: Egghead Software Sells Bogus Phone Directory Software


In article <[e-mail]> is written:

> So, a friend of mine who lives in L.A. just bought a real computer
> with a built-in CD rom drive.  He spotted a great little national
> phone directory on CD rom at Egghead Software, so he bought one.  When
> he brought it home, he found that the access program for the database
> gave him an intriguing message about how he "bought" a record, after
> viewing a full address and phone record.  It seems that the
> instructions INSIDE of the CD rom package explain that he didn't buy
> the whole database, but a only finite number of views of full database
> records (considerably less than the total number of records in the
> database).

So, just how do they RECORD how many numbers you have viewed?
Obviously not on the CD.  Unless there is some sort of KEY DISK
(floppy) that frustrates duplication and must be used to view the CD,
you should be able to reinstall the package after your requisite
number of views have been used, and start over.

I don't advocate, normally, cheating software/information suppliers or
obtaining more than you legally are entitled to ... but since this
restriction wasn't noted on the box it would seem to me that it's not
valid.


[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 09:58:15 EST
From: Ken Jongsma <[e-mail]>
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Thanks For Using Your Local Phone Company


If you were in Rugby, ND, you were either doing something related to
agriculture or something related to the Minuteman missiles buried in
the ground there! Judging by your address, I'd guess the latter ...

Anyway, most of the local telcos in North Dakota are either
independents or coops. In Minot (the nearest "large" city), phone
service is provided by Northern States Power. They also provide
electricity. Not necessarily on the same circuit. <grin>

It's been a few years, but I'm pretty sure Rugby, Max and most of the
other small towns in that area are provided service by a telephone
coop.  Despite their size, many of the coops have fairly current
electronic switches and offer most of the usual custom calling
services.

Partially because they were not covered by the divestiture agreement
and partially because the population density is so low, most long
distance carriers do not provide service to every coop. Thus many of
the coops have banded together to buy long distance in bulk and resell
it to their subscribers. Many times it is cheaper to use the coop,
especially for in-state calls.


Ken
[Who spent 3+ years buried under the ground in North Dakota...]
Kenneth R Jongsma         If you like the IRS         [e-mail]
Smiths Industries        You're going to *LOVE*  [e-mail]
Grand Rapids, Michigan    Clinton Health Care              [phone]

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From: [e-mail] (Ken Rossen)
Subject: Re: NPA Readiness for 1995
Date: 11 Feb 1994 16:11:11 GMT
Organization: SHL Systemhouse


In article <[e-mail]>, Gregory P. Monti
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> 508   MA   1+10   yes   Mass DPU ordered 1 + 10D in 10/93 (was to be 7D)

A similar note appears for 617.

What does "ordered" mean?  Customers have not been informed of dialing
changes, have we?  1 + 7D is still the rule in Mass., and I have no
knowledge of a cutover.


[e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 12:13 EST
From: [e-mail] (John R Levine)
Subject: Re: Advertising by New York Telephone
Organization: I.E.C.C., Cambridge, Mass.


> asking you to use NET to call your friends and
> relatives within Massachusetts.  What other phone company would we use?

Any one you want.  Massachusetts has intra-LATA toll competition, although
I must admit that maybe 1% of customers know that.

> I'm sure NYNEX has spent our money on lots of failed projects -- ...

You bet.  Remember NYNEX Business Centers, the computer stores that
had a lot of salesmen hanging around waiting for customers?  Or their
horrible X.25 info gateway system?  There's a reason that NYNEX has a
reputation as the dimmest of the RBOCs.


Regards,

John Levine, [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Mario M. Butter)
Subject: Re: Harrassing One-Ring Calls
Date: 11 Feb 1994 17:14:22 GMT
Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc.


Bill Garfield ([e-mail]) wrote:

> OK all you telephone company techno-jocks, I need some help with this.

> We are being besieged by single-jingle (one ring) calls.

Could this be a phone company problem? I had the same thing happen to
me yesterday at home. About 30 times over a three hour stretch, the
phone rang once then stopped. I picked it up a few times on the first
ring, but there was no connection on the other end. Also, this was
happening on both of my lines, not just one.


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