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Re: NPR morning news apparently just reported...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Fri May 23 22:32:26 2003

From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 22:22:48 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0305232150250.12330-100000@clifden.donelan.com> from "Sean Donelan" at May 23, 2003 10:07:43 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 May 2003, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:
> > (and not again the initial paragraph from me... add to that: I didn't read
> > either of these articles)
> 
> Not speaking for my employer either....
> 
> I was wondering, who was hired to rebuild the telephone systems in Germany
> and Japan after WWII?  I don't recall AT&T being hired to install switches
> in Tokyo or Berlin.

A better example may be the Eastern Sector of Germany when the
Wall came down.  There, there was nothing worth saving. Siemons
was the lead contractor, I think.




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