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From: CFMucken@DDN2.ARPA
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Subject: Telecom Digest V5 #55, Data Access Lines
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 10:36:00 EST
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    It is very pleasing to see that PAC Bell is doing their best to keep
cost  down and quality up.  It used to be that if you had a bad line you
called up the TELCO and complained (persistently for  6-9  months),  and
someone  checked  the line, found out you were correct, and returned the
line to specification (after an additional 3-4 months).   Now  PAC  Bell
will  do  this  for  $175  plus  $22.25 a month to keep it that way (fat
chance) plus some cash for Uncle Sugar.  It's good  to  see  divestiture
has reduced costs so much!

    [While  on  the  subject  of cost, who is making all the money
    from  the  extra  revenues  collected  on  the  various  phone
    companies  behalf?   It  surely  cannot  be  the  poor TELCOs,
    regional or long distance, because they keep upping the rates,
    must be all the lawyers.]

                                Carl F. Muckenhirn
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