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RE: DSL (was shopping for NOCs)


From: Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:55:56 -0400 (EDT)



The satirical comedian Lenny Bruce would describe his visit to the
Soviet Union in the 1960's: Imagine an entire NATION run by the phone
company!


On June 7, 2000 at 01:03 avg () kotovnik com (Vadim Antonov) wrote:

Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () netmore net> wrote:

I used to work for Bell Atlantic - it was like working for the Soviet Union.

As someone who used to work for both the Soviet Union and an (unnamed here,
but well-known otherwise) American phone company i can only confirm the rather
conspicious similarity.

--vadim

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