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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3179 comp.os.linux.misc:21787 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!library.ucla.edu!csulb.edu!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!merk!rmkhome!rmk From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX) Organization: The Man With Ten Cats Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc References: <30jqp1$ees@grex.cyberspace.org> <9408040155.38@rmkhome.com> <31u4ja$871@ivory.lm.com> <9408081643.04@rmkhome.com> <CuA7D6.H43@pell.com> Message-ID: <9408130748.53@rmkhome.com> Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 12:48:58 GMT Lines: 27 Orc (orc@pell.com) wrote: : 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. In general, they don't seem to bury lines in New England. The only glass lines are owned by AT&T/Nynex. I've never seen a Sprint or MCI truck. : ____ : david parsons \bi/ And doesn't the M in MCI mean microwave? : \/ The M stands for Mercenary. -- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com