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TELECOM Digest     Tue, 31 Jan 95 14:57:00 CST    Volume 15 : Issue 66

Inside This Issue:                          Editor: Patrick A. Townson

    No Activity in This Newsgroup? (Glenn Foote)
    GSM Operators - List (Robert Lindh)
    When Will PBXs Go Away? (Brent Laminack)
    Infrared Network Devices (Tim Lee)
    Sprint For IntraLATA Calls in California (Javier Henderson)
    Anyone Know High Speed Serial Interface (Chuc Do)
    Ten Digit Dialing (Evan Champion)
    Cheap Way to Get an 800 Number? (David Hayes)
    Data Engineer Position in Houston ([e-mail])
    Directory Assistance in Tokyo (Javier Henderson)
    CCITT Class A (Jesus Ruelas)
    Is There a Newsgroup For SONET? (Geno Rice)
    The Four Minute Battle For 800-555 (Dave Leibold)
    Bell Canada Multi-Language Operator Support Trial (Dave Leibold)
    IVR Software Information Wanted (Robert Geradts)
    DAX Software - RAM Research (Barton Fisher)
    Telebit Introduces Two V.34 Modems (Eileen Lin)
    Consultant Wanted in Denver, Colorado USA (Richard Bourassa)
    RBOC Aids Motorola's ISDN Push (Chris J. Cartwright)
    Plumber Arrested: Fraudulent Call Forwarding (Dave Levenson)

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From: [e-mail] (Glenn Foote)
Subject: No Activity in This Newsgroup?
Date: 31 Jan 1995 14:28:26 -0500
Organization: The Greater Columbus Freenet


I haven't seen any activity in this newsgroup for about a week now.
Is it my site, or has our moderator been ill?


Glenn L Foote ...... [e-mail]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Our site, nwu.edu was victimized by a
hacker last Thursday. Somehow he got in as root and did quite a bit of
damage. The entire site was down for a couple days while repairs were
made. At that point, by the weekend, the computers were operational
again, however our links to the outside world (that is, our dial ups
and our telnet, rlogin, ftp, etc) remained shut down until some
additional
changes were made. Our links to the network and our dialups were
turned
back on late Monday night. The sysadmin here has complete details on
it
but I discourage writing or bothering him as there are still some
repairs
going on and he is quite busy. I am grateful he and his staff made the
enormous effort they did in order that things like this Digest could
get
back in publication as quickly as possible. I think we now have Caller-
ID
on our dialup lines. Its too bad hackers have to ruin things for
everyone
else.  PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Lindh)
Subject: GSM Operators - List
Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 19:01:56 GMT


Country      Operator name          Network code   Tel to customer
service
 ------      -------------          ------------   --------------------
---
Argentina

Australia    Optus                  505 02
             Telecom/Telstra        505 01         Int + 6 118 018 287
             Vodafone               505 03         Int + 612 415 7236

Austria      PTV Austria            232 01

Belgium      Belgacom               206 01         Int + 32 2205 4000

Cameroon

Denmark      Sonofon                238 02         Int + 45 9936 7196
             Tele Danmark Mobil     238 01         Int + 45 80 20 20
20

Estonia      EMT                    248 01
             Radiolinja Estonia

Finland      Radiolinja Finland     244 05         Int + 358 800 95050
             Telecom                244 91         Int + 358 800 7000

France       SFR                    208 10         Int + 33 1 44 16 20
16
             Telecom                208 01         Int + 33 1 44 62 14
81

Germany      D1, DeTeMobil          262 01         Int + 49 511 288
0171
             D2, Mannesmann         262 02         Int + 49 172 1212

G Britain    Cellnet                234 10         Int + 44 753 504548
             Vodafon                234 15         Int + 44 836 1100

Greece       Panafon                202 05         Int + 30 944 00 122
             STET                   202 10         Int + 30 93 333 333

Holland      Telekom                204 08         Int + 31 50 688 699

Hong Kong    SmarTone               454 06         Int + 852 880 2688
             Telecom CSL            454 00         Int + 852 803 8450

Hungary      Pannon GSM             216 01         Int + 36 1 270 4120
             Westel 900             216 30         Int + 36 30 303 100

Iceland      Telekom                               Int + 354 96 330

Ireland      Telecom                272 01         Int + 353 42 31999

Israel

Italy        SIP                    222 01         Int + 39 6615 20309

Jersey       Jersey Telecoms

Lebanon      Libancell

Lithuania    LMT                    247 01

Luxemburg    Telekom                270 01         Int + 352 4088 7088

Macao

New Zealand  Bell South             530 01

Norway       NetCom                 242 02         Int + 47 92 00 01
68
             Telenor Mobil          242 01         Int + 47 22 03 03
01

Portugal     Telecel                268 01         Int + 351 931 1212
             TMN                    268 06         Int + 351 1 793 91
78

Singapore    Singapore Telecom      525 01

South Africa MTN                    655 10
             Vodacom                655 01         Int + 27 82 111

Spain        Telefonica Spain       214 07

Sweden       Comviq                 240 07         Int + 46 200 22 20
40
             Europolitan            240 08         Int + 46 20 22 22
22
             Telia                  240 01         Int + 46 771 91 03
50

Switzerland  Telekom                228 01         Int + 41 46 05 64
64

Thailand     AIS GSM

Turkey       TEKnoTEL               286 02
             Turkcell               286 01         Int + 90 800 211
0211

UAE          ETISALAT               424 01

Uganda


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: The information for the last entry on
the
list, Uganda, was missing when this arrived here.   PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (Brent Laminack)
Subject: When Will PBXs Go Away?
Date: 31 Jan 1995 10:17:45 -0500
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology


What is the current thinking on when a PC (powerPC, whatever) replace
the PBX? i.e. when can I run my T1 from the telco with my voice trunks
on it into one card on a PC and have it route voice over the LAN to
other desktop computers that double as phones? It will probably be a
time curve: first available for small offices (ten users) on an
ethernet,
then a while later available for 200 lines on a faster LAN, etc. What
says the net? My Mitel sx200 lite has a 68000 for a processor: it's a
MacPlus! Surely the cpu horsepower is available to replace lots of
dedicated TTL and switching hardware. I was just at a briefing from
Apple and they're working with the PBX makers for a Geoport Mac to be
a voice terminal behind a "big maker" PBX. But who are the startups
that are out to kill the PBX makers?


Brent Laminack ([e-mail])

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From: [e-mail] (Tim_Lee)
Subject: Infrared Network Devices
Date: 31 Jan 95 10:39:45 PST
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona


Those of you who have some experience working with Infrared Network
Devices (for LANs):

What are some of the more reliable equipments you have used or you
know of?
Will you also inform me on their basic specs?

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From: [e-mail]
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:20:58 PDT
Subject: Sprint For IntraLATA Calls in California
Organization: Medical Laboratory Network; Ventura, CA


We had a discussion about the Sprint offer of one cent per minute for
customers in California using them to carry their intraLATA calls.

One of the caveats mentioned here was that customers on any of their
'saving' plans (say, The Most) would not be eligible for the special
rate.

I am with The Most plan, and today I got my bill. There are several
intraLATA calls, all billed at one cent per minute. This confirms what
I was told on the phone by Sprint customer service: the rate is good
for all of the residential customers (the person didn't specify any
geographical restrictions, i.e., Northern versus Southern. I'm in
SoCal [Ventura, to be precise]).


Javier Henderson (JH21)   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 13:27:26 +0000
From: bcarh8ab!bcars703![e-mail]
Subject: Anyone Know High Speed Serial Interface?
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada


I'm looking for any available information on commercially available
products that support HSSI (1M-52Mbit/s).

Please, feel free to post information or send it to me via e-mail.  In
returns, if there is enough interest, I will post a summary of what I
get in e-mail.  Thanks in advance.


Chuc Do   [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 08:55:08 +0000
From: evan champion <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ten Digit Dialing
Organization: Bell Northern Research


Recently there has been a lot of talk about having to do ten digit
dialing to call even local numbers that are in a different phone
number.

I have a number of users who are going to be affected by the above and
am looking for a good explanation for them.  I'm myself am not
completely sure myself of all the reasons for making the changes to
out-of-area dialing and would like to get it right the first time :-)

Could someone e-mail me with an explanation?


Thanks!

Evan


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Actually, it is eleven digit dialing,
not
ten digit if you count the '1' on the front. However, one would think
that
when this becomes universal all over the USA that we could in fact get
by
with ten digits since the '1' would no longer be needed; there would
be
no 'local' calls to distinquish from 'long distance'. Since everything
that
we dial would consist of area code plus seven digits, there would be
no
need for a '1' to indicate that 'what follows is an area code' --
everything
that follows would be area codes!  It would be nice to see the '1'
vanish
under those cirucmstances. Or maybe they will insist on keeping it
using
as their rationale that '1' is also -- by coincidence -- the country
code
for the USA and Canada, and that what we are really dialing is country
code,
area code and seven digit number. As to *why* they are imposing it on
calls
within the same area -- as is supposed to be the case in Chicago
beginning
sometime in 1996 -- I do not know. Various reasons have been given.
PAT]

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From: [e-mail] (David Hayes)
Subject: Cheap Way to Get an 800 Number?
Date: 31 Jan 1995 17:54:01 GMT
Organization: On-Ramp; Individual Internet Connections


Some friends and I are starting a new small business. We would like to
have an 800 number.

How do I get one? Other than ATT/MCI/Sprint, are there other people
who can provide an 800 number cheaply?

How do I minimize my cost?

How do I get 800-CALL-MY-BUSINESS? Do I have have to pay extra for a
"good" 800 number.


David Hayes               PGP public key available on request, or send
[e-mail]    mail subject: help to [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: Data Engineer Position in Houston
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 19:42:40 PDT
Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link


Responsibilities include supporting regional and national customer
CDPD
applications, coordination with marketing, network engineering, MIS
and
systems vendors. Eight years experience in software/networking/data
comm-
unications (or four years with BSEE/CS) REQUIRED. Experience in TCP/IP
and Software Testing needed; Documentation and presentation skills,
knowledge of cellular industry and technology are a plus.

Payment for relocation to Houston will be considered. Immediate
availability.

PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO ME BY E-MAIL AS I DO NOT LOG IN EVERY DAY;
FAX RESUMES TO 713-876-5011.


Thanks.

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Subject: Directory Assistance in Tokyo
From: [e-mail] (Javier Henderson)
Date: 31 Jan 95 08:30:58 PST
Organization: Medical Laboratory Network; Ventura, CA


Hello,

I need help with directory assistance in Tokyo, Japan. I tried AT&T,
which I guess connected me with DA in Tokyo, but I may not have the
correct spelling for the business I'm looking for, so the search was a
bust.

It's a hotel, and I was told it spells Abiko. Any help will be much
appreciated.


·
Javier Henderson (JH21)   [e-mail]

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From: [e-mail] (Jesus Ruelas)
Subject: CCITT Class A
Organization: Motorola GDL - IS Department
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 02:34:21 GMT


Hi everybody,

I read about the committee CCITT that is formed by 5 class groups,
they are class A, class B, ..., class E; and know that only the group
class A has the voting right while proposing a Standard specification.
Does anybody know why only this group has this kind of privileges?.


Thanks and regards,

Jesus Ruelas     Telecommunications & WAN   Motorola, Inc.

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From: [e-mail] (-E.RICE)
Subject: Newsgroup For SONET?
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 19:37:37 GMT


What newsgroup contains discussions of SONET?

Geno Rice


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: You will find them here from time to
time.
Does anyone know of a group specifically on the topic?   PAT]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 00:14 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Subject: The Four Minute Battle For 800-555


[from Bell News, 23 Jan 95 - content is Bell Canada's]

[from photo caption...]

I've got one ... The event began at 9 a.m. and by 9:04 a.m., it was
over. On December 15, a new NXX (555) was opened for 1-800 numbers
across North America allowing for approximately 8,000 new numbers. We
were competing against all the other telephone companies in North
America to get as many of them as we could. Doris Tesolin, an 800
Service Centre associate, celebrates getting the first number just
after the 9 a.m. start. At exactly 9:04 a.m., the entire 8,000 numbers
were gone and the 800 Service Centre was successful in securing about
40 numbers for our customers.

[dl note: apart from 555.1212 and perhaps 555.4141, and with a
capacity of
10 000 possible 800 555.xxxx numbers, what happened to most of the
other
2000 numbers available in 800-555?]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 00:17 EST
From: [e-mail] (Dave Leibold)
Subject: Bell Canada Multi-Language Operator Support Trial


[from Bell News, 9 Jan 95, content is Bell Canada's]

Our LD assistance comes in 17 languages.

Our customers can now receive assistance in making long distance calls
in the language of their choice.

In a six-month trial which began last December, our operators are
offering 24-hour access to Language Assistance, at no extra charge,
to assist customers in completing their long distance calls.

This month and next, customers will receive information on dialing "0"
for language assistance via a SIM (Short Informational Message) on
their monthly bill.

"It's another example of how we continue to find new services to
delight our customers," says Janet Garrod, of Consumer Market
Management.

The trial will measure customer response and demand for the free
service, assess the cost and benefits of providing such a service, and
identify the most frequently used languages.

                         -------------

[sidebar]

Our ethnic customers can receive assistance in the following 17
languages:

Mandarin; Cantonese; Japanese; Vietnamese; Korean; Hebrew; German;
Spanish;
Polish; Russian; Portuguese; Romanian; Tagalog; Italian; Hindi;
Arabic; and
French.

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Geradts)
Subject: IVR Software Information Wanted
Date: 31 Jan 1995 06:36:54 GMT
Organization: Pacifier Internet Server [phone]


I have been attempting to evaluate many different Interactive Voice
Recognition development platforms.

Can anyone out there share their views on the following products?

Visual Voice by Stylus Innovation
ProVIDE by Telephone Response Technologies
REKOLL by N-Soft
Ring! Application Generator by Ring!
4Voice and Narrator by C3
Voice Applications Language by U.S.Telecom
CallPath DirectTalk/2 by IBM

Any help is greatly appreciated!


Thanks,

Rob

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: DAX Software - RAM Research
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 95 01:20:54 -0500
Organization: Delphi ([e-mail] email, 800-695-4005 voice)


I'm interested in finding people that own the DAX voice/fax
developement software.  Please Email me.


Thanks,

Bart

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From: [e-mail] (Eileen Lin)
Subject: Telebit Introduces Two V.34 Modems
Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 15:43:35 GMT


Contact: Direct Marketing Dept., Telebit Corp.
Tel: [phone] or 800/835-3248
Fax: [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]


TELEBIT INTRODUCES TWO V.34 MODEMS

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 16, 1995 -- Telebit Corporation, a leader in
the on-demand remote access industry, today announced that its
FastBlazer 8840 modems now support the ITU-T V.34 standard.  The
FastBlazer(R) 8840 is designed for environments where large central
site modem requirements include reliability, comprehensive network
management, high speed and global homologation.

In addition, today the company introduced the TeleBlazer, a V.34 modem
designed for remote users dialing into LANs who want to take advantage
of increased speeds.

Product Features:

Features of the FastBlazer 8840 include:

   - Speeds of up to 28.8 Kbps uncompressed and up to 115.2 Kbps with
     compression
   - Support for V.34, V.32terbo and eight other ITU-T and Bell
standards
   - Flash memory for simple upgrades
   - Simple on-site configuration, control and monitoring via an 18-
button
     front panel keypad and LCD display
   - Extensive command set and configuration parameters
   - Automatic single-call dial restoral of leased lines
   - Full configuration, control, testing and monitoring of FastBlazer
     rackmount modems via Telebit's ViewBlazer (R) network management
system
   - Full compatibility with Telebit's NetBlazer(R) family of dial-up
routers
   - Available in standalone and rackmount versions
   - Conformity to worldwide regulatory requirements
   - Extensive global homologation plans

TeleBlazer features include:

   - Speeds of up to 28.8 Kbps uncompressed and up to 115.2 Kbps with
     compression
   - Support for V.34, V.FC and eight other ITU-T and Bell standards
   - Support for 14.4 Kbps fax transmissions
   - V.42bis and MNP 5 data compression
   - Full compatibility with Telebit's NetBlazer(R) family of on-
demand
     routers
   - MNP 10 with `Adverse Channel Enhancement' for reliable cellular
     communications

Price and availability:

The FastBlazer 8840 Standalone and FastBlazer 8840 Rackmount are
available at the end of January 1995 and have a list price of $1,199
(U.S.).  Telebit's TeleBlazer is also available at the end of January
1995 and has a list price of $399 (U.S.).

V.34 support can be added to the FastBlazer through a free software
upgrade that is available through Telebit's Customer Service bulletin
board.  The telephone number for the Chelmsford, MA bulletin board is
508-656-9103; to contact the Sunnyvale, CA bulletin board, phone
408-745-3707 or 408-745-3861.

Telebit Corporation designs, manufactures and markets a family of
remote network access products to enable cost-effective extension of
LANs to remote users.  The company has offices in the United States
and Europe and markets its products and services worldwide through
value-added resellers, wholesale distributors and OEMs.  Telebit is
traded on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol TBIT.

Telebit, FastBlazer, ViewBlazer and NetBlazer are registered
trademarks
of Telebit Corporation.

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From: [e-mail] (Richard Bourassa)
Subject: Consultant Wanted in Denver, Colorado USA
Date: 31 Jan 1995 15:51:18 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.


World-wide manufacturing company is looking for a consultant with
expertise in tariff analysis and telephony cost management.  Major
locations exist in Denver & Miami (USA), France and Australia.

Objective is to analyze existing facilities and service contracts and
make recommendations to reduce global communications costs for voice,
fax, video and data.

Familiarity with tariff 12 issues required.

Interested parties contact:

 Ben Pepper
 Senior Director
 World-Wide Information Systems
 [phone] (US Phone Number)
 [e-mail]  (Internet)

 -or-

 Richard Bourassa
 Systems Analyst
 World-wide Information Systems
 [phone] (US Phone Number)
 [e-mail]  (Internet)

Feel free to submit credentials and contact information via email.


Richard Bourassa, Information Systems ___T_e_l_e_c_t_r_o_n_i_c_s__|/\
__
Telectronics Pacing Systems                      Pacing  Systems
\/
7400 S. Tucson Way, Englewood, CO 80112
ph [phone] fax [phone]          Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 11:14:34 EST
From: Chris J. Cartwright <[e-mail]>
Subject: RBOC Aids Motorola's ISDN Push


In the 1/23/95 issue of {PC Week}, page 55, there is an article that
describes a joint effort between Motorola and Ameritech to bundle ISDN
hardware and services for home and office use.  ISDN BRI starts at
$28/mo and the RBOC will sell Motorla's terminal adapter for $399 or
$19/mo for two years.

Ameritech also provides it's own software for the ISDN and has a
similar program using two T-1's.  This is not an ad, I work for
neither, just want ISDN at home at a price I can afford and expect
others do too.


Chris Cartwright, Technical Engineer   Voice 301.295.0809
Mail  [e-mail]      C-serve 71614,2441

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From: [e-mail] (Dave Levenson)
Subject: Plumber Arrested: Fraudulent Call Forwarding
Organization: Westmark, Inc.
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 01:43:14 GMT


A story in the Monday {New York Times} describes a Philadelphia area
plumber who subscribed to Call Forwarding Ultra.  This is a service
offered by Bell Atlantic which allows subscribers to control
call-forwarding from a telephone other than the one being forwarded.
This plumber allegedly subscribed to the service for several of his
competitors without their permission, and then forwarded their calls
to his telephone.  He then intercepted some or all of their business.
He was found out after approximately one month, when one of his
victims was complimented by a customer for a job well-done -- a job
the victim never did!

The perpetrator is currently in jail pending trial for an un-related
charge of battery, but is now being charged with numerous counts of
wire fraud, theft of business, operating a business under a false
identity, and similar charges.


Dave Levenson  Internet: [e-mail]
Westmark, Inc.  UUCP: uunet!westmark!dave
Stirling, NJ, USA Voice: 908 647 0900  Fax: [phone]


[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This same report appeared in
alt.dcom.telecom
today submitted to that newsgroup by Jack Decker who concluded by
saying
this was a good reason telcos should password accounts, presumably to
prevent
fraudulent Call Forwarding among other things. The thing he neglected
to
mention -- nor was it mentioned by Dave Levenson here -- was that Call
Forwarding Ultra (or Enhanced Call Forwarding or Remote Call
Forwarding as
it is known in other telcos) *does* require a password. If you have
Call
Forwarding on your line otherwise -- you have to already have it
installed --
then if you further subscribe to 'Ultra' you are given a personal
password
or PIN. You dial a seven digit number which is the switch itself,
begin
by identifying yourself with your PIN, then give the number you wish
to
have (un)forwarded, followed by the number (if turning it on). The
change
takes effect immediatly. Needless to say, the switch keeps its own
records
on who called it from what remote location, with none of this 'private
entry' stuff permitted. Typically, that number at the switch will not
even
answer or respond if the switch cannot tell what number is being used
to
call it before it answers. Also, no other custom calling features can
be
changed in any way, nor can any of the many other features of the
switch
be programmed using that PIN.  So telco does make reasonable
precautions
to insure that one person cannot just call up and change the
forwarding
for someone else.

What goes around comes around:  Does anyone remember the old anecdote
about
the original development of automatic switching involving Alvin
Stroger?
Mr. Stroger was an undertaker a hundred years ago; he believed that
the
operators on the manual exchange serving his community had been bribed
to
divert calls from the public seeking funeral/burial services to his
compe-
tition. So the story goes, he developed the switch which came to bear
his
name as a way to be certain that manual operators at telephone
exchanges
could not wilfully give away his business to his competitors.   PAT]

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