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From: klb@lzaz.att.com (K.BLATTER)
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Subject: Re: GTE Bashing?! ( was: BOCs and Regionals )
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Date: 5 Sep 89 13:12:10 GMT
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X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 353, message 6 of 9

> 4. Total local switch failure (one lasted two days in Los Gatos)

My brother used to live in Honolulu on Bishop Street, which is the heart
of the business district in Hawaii.  A couple of years ago, the CO which
handles the entire business district crashed for two days!

Imagine what would happen if NYNEX announced that one of the CO's in
Manhattan was going to be down for two days!

*Turn on rumor mode*

I had heard that GTE was abandoning their Central Office Switch
manufacturing and would be replacing their CO equipment with AT&T
5ESS's.  I can't find the source, so I guess that's what makes it a
rumor.

*Turn off rumor mode*

Kevin L. Blatter
AT&T - Bell Labs

Disclaimer - I speak for myself, not AT&T