[9568] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Sprint Response to MCI Announcements
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Adams)
Tue Jan 11 11:15:29 1994
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 94 11:14:53 -0500
From: rick@uunet.uu.net (Rick Adams)
To: com-priv@psi.com
> STATEMENT FROM WILLIAM T. ESREY, SPRINT CHAIRMAN & CEO
> IN RESPONSE TO MCI "NETWORK CATCH-UP" ANNOUNCEMENT
>
> "Sprint is not at all surprised by MCI's network catch-up
> announcement. More than a year ago, Sprint announced its
> broadband network plans to deploy SONET and ATM. We were the
> first to offer commercial ATM service in August 1993. We continue
> to have the most modern network and remain as the only
> 100 percent digital, fiber-optic long distance carrier.
>
> "MCI is very good at packaging announcements that make
> mountains out of molehills. Sprint hopes the public will take
> this latest ploy for what it is -- a slick admission of being
> behind in terms of technology deployment.
>
Funny, we bought our commercial ATM service from Metropolitan Fiber Systems
long before August 1993.
It seems Sprint is also good at packaging announcements...
