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From: tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Tom Limoncelli)
Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit)
Message-ID: <1992Sep2.134252.4475@Warren.MENTORG.COM>
Organization: Mentor Graphics -- IC Group
References: <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> 	<MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:42:52 GMT
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A problem with boycotting AT&T long distance is that people will
switch to MCI.  Doesn't anyone remember how they got their start?  They
were a pack of lawyers from DAY ONE.

Tom
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