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From: claris!netcom!ergo@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Isaac Rabinovitch)
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Subject: Re: 415 0+ Dialing
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In <10062@accuvax.nwu.edu> DREUBEN@eagle.wesleyan.edu) (DOUGLAS SCOTT
REUBEN) writes:

> (BTW, I must apologize for some of my
>previous cracks about GTE ... I've been used to GTE in the LA area
>which is plain awful, whereas GTE in the Bay Area, at least in my
>limited experience, seems up to par with Pac*Bell in some areas, and
>exceeds Pac*Bell in the speed with which it processes 0+ calls from
>its payphones, at least in Novato.)

I dunno.  A few years ago, some GTE employees crashed the
newly-installed digital switch (I'm sure that's not the right telecom
jargon, but you know what I mean) in Los Gatos.  I believe there was
*no* phone service in the entire town for over a day!  Lucky there wer
no fires or anything!


ergo@netcom.uucp			Isaac Rabinovitch
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