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From: covert@covert.enet.dec.com (John R. Covert  10-Jul-1990 0800)
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Subject: The New England Telephone Backwater
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 473, Message 13 of 15


John Higdon seems to think that No. 5 XBar is backwater, but here in
New England, approximately 20% of the towns more than 20 miles from
Boston are still served by Step-by-Step.

Residents of these towns suffer from constant reorders and wrong
numbers and lines too noisy to be used for data calls.  The next town
(or, often, parts of your own town) is almost always long distance.
This is often true even when the two town centers are less than ten
miles apart.

Be glad XBar is the worst you have to suffer with.


john