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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6093 comp.org.eff.talk:8893 comp.unix.bsd:4460 comp.os.mach:2031 news.groups:49584 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12!sdcc3!jclark From: jclark@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,news.groups Subject: Re: AT&T Long Distance Boycott (was: BNR2SS, Mach, and The Lawsuit) Message-ID: <37585@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> Date: 2 Sep 92 17:59:19 GMT References: <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> <1992Sep2.134252.4475@Warren.MENTORG.COM> <CKD.92Sep2105324@loiosh.eff.org> Sender: news@sdcc12.ucsd.edu Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: sdcc3.ucsd.edu In article <CKD.92Sep2105324@loiosh.eff.org> ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes: +Tom> == Tom Limoncelli <tal@Warren.MENTORG.COM> + + Tom> A problem with boycotting AT&T long distance is that people will + Tom> switch to MCI. Doesn't anyone remember how they got their start? + Tom> They were a pack of lawyers from DAY ONE. + +There's always Sprint; heck, they've even heard of data networking +(they're selling IP service now, and they're a CIX member, not to +mention SprintNet). Or Cable & Wireless, or Joe & Bob's Fly-By-Nite +Long Distance, or what have you. Could someone confirm or explain, MCI's use of ATT uplinks and downlinks, and how MCI was suppose to make a profit while paying ATT for satilite services. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu