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From: wybbs!ken@sharkey.cc.umich.edu (Ken Jongsma)
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Subject: So Long, LATA?
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Date: 14 Jun 90 21:28:48 GMT
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I don't know if anyone else has noticed it, but the term LATA is
rapidly disappearing from use. The local phone books no longer refer
to it, instead using the words "Local Serving Area".

Not that I'm sad to see it go! I always thought it was rather
pretentious.


Ken