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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 16:52 PST
- From: john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Pac*Bell and Equipment Vending
- Reply-To: John Higdon <john@zygot.ati.com>
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- X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 903, Message 14 of 15
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- Jeff@digtype.airage.com (Jeff Wasilko) writes:
-
- > Hmm, he was probably doing it because the next release of the NT
- > Norstar Meridian (DR5) will support line cards with integral modems
- > (to capture CNID). I also hear that they will also be supporting
- > direct termination of a T1 (not bad for a key system!).
-
- BFD! I have a home-made switch that does all of that. You mean the
- biggest of big boys are finally getting around to it???
-
- > I doubt it. It's taken NT a while to get this far. Why would they
- > custom design a new CNID spec just for one BOC?
-
- And just what makes anyone think that the Seven Sisters operate alone
- and independently? I got the shock of my life earlier this year when I
- ordered telephone service in Chicago for my company. I was on the
- phone with the IBT rep who asked if I had any other service in
- Illinois Bell territory. I do not, but I jokingly offered the fact
- that my company has had service with Pacific Bell forever in good
- standing. She immediately came back with, "Is that on [name of the
- street where my office is located in Santa Clara]?" "Uh huh." "Oh,
- there will be no problem setting up this account. No deposit will be
- necessary."
-
- So it would appear that my Pac*Bell account information is a few
- keystrokes away from an IBT rep's view. So "special features" written
- for one RBOC would be good for all. And it appears that more than one
- RHC is in bed with NT:
-
- > Nope. That's why we didn't buy from SNET. Actually, if PacTel Meridian
- > Systems is like NYNEX Meridian Systems, then it's actually a
- > partnership between the BOC and Northern Telecom.
-
- So how many BOCs do you suppose have a partnership with NT? And how
- many did what PacTel did: buy up all the dealers of every other system
- made and then put them all out of business. The PacTel/Meridian
- salesman specifically asked if I was satisfied with support on my
- current system. When I told him 'yes', he was legitimately troubled.
- I will bet he thought there might be a vendor out there that the
- mighty Pacific Telesis failed to buy out and shut down. Horrors!
-
- Isn't it great to have captive ratepayer money with which to play
- power games?
-
-
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