[1407] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: New Advanced Networking Player - US West
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Crosswell)
Thu Sep 26 10:11:38 1991
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 91 10:18:22 EDT
From: Alan Crosswell <alan@curta.cc.columbia.edu>
To: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@bbn.com>
Cc: tmn!cook@uunet.uu.net, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 26 Sep 91 09:31:32 EDT
They're called RBOC's, but I live in the Northeast and just bought a
Southwestern Bell Freedom Phone. I believe they are only regional in
terms of local telephone service but are allowed to otherwise compete
nationwide (and lease lines from the IXCs just like ANS, PSI, Alternet,
and others do).
/a
