[40427] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Covad, Chapter 11 !
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven J. Sobol)
Wed Aug 8 15:59:59 2001
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:58:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven J. Sobol" <sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net>
To: Brian Wallingford <brian@meganet.net>
Cc: Mitch Halmu <mitch@netside.net>, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu,
"Smith, Rick" <rsmith@atsworld.com>,
"'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Brian Wallingford wrote:
> Bingo. Before everyone cries for the DLECs, many (including myself, a
> card-carrying RBOC-basher) would argue that embarassingly poor cash
> management was one of the most significant factors contributing to the
> demise of the "big three".
I am by no means a Baby Bell apologist, having seen the way our local RBOC
screws its competitors, but IIRC collections was a big issue for all three
of the DLECs.
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