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From: ftlofaro@unlv.edu (Frank Lofaro)
Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX)
Message-ID: <1994Aug9.233940.20047@unlv.edu>
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Organization: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
References: <31u4ja$871@ivory.lm.com> <9408081643.04@rmkhome.com> <CuA7D6.H43@pell.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 94 23:39:40 GMT
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In article <CuA7D6.H43@pell.com> orc@pell.com (Orc) writes:
>In article <9408081643.04@rmkhome.com>, Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote:
>
>>The telephone infrastructure of the US is based primarily on the AT&T
>>long distance trunk lines. MCI, Sprint, etc lease the use of these lines
>>from AT&T.
>
> Don't know about MCI, but in the southwest (at least) Sprint has
>its own fiber-optic lines, laid in part along the right of way of
>the Southern Pacific Railroad.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
Guess where SPRINT got its name?
Southern Pacific Railroad INTernal network.