Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Bapat Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Screwy PUC Policies Message-ID: <8860@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 11 Jun 90 14:01:45 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: the boundary between UNIX and sanity Lines: 29 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 427, Message 1 of 12 In article <8641@accuvax.nwu.edu>, john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes: > So while the rest of the country has ISDN, CLASS, and you-name-it, we > Californians get to pretend that we are in Bulgaria. Excuse me, that's > an unfair comparison. The Bulgarians realize it's bad and are trying > to do something about it. While visiting my aunt in Alameda, CA, in the metro Bay area (415-865 exchange) I was surprised to find that I couldn't retrieve messages from my answering machine at home. The reason? My aunt's phone couldn't send out tones, as Alameda has no touch-tone service! It was shocking to know that there still are parts of major metropolitan areas which don't have tone yet. Suppose it were possible for Pac Bell to upgrade technology and pay for it solely on the basis of new, enhanced services offered, i.e. without affecting the basic subscription rate for the majority of its subscribers - why would that be a problem with the PUC? On a slightly different tack, most companies use a period of three to five years to depreciate new computer equipment down to zero. Does anyone know how long the telcos take to depreciate, say, a 4ESS? Subodh Bapat bapat@rm1.uu.net OR ...uunet!rm1!bapat MS E-204, P.O.Box 407044, Racal-Milgo, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33340 (305) 846-6068