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From: motcid!marble!ashbya@uunet.uu.net (Adam J. Ashby)
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Subject: Re: Labor Day, 1990
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In comp.dcom.telecom, TELECOM Moderator writes:

>Despite the several problems that have arisen since divestiture was
>deemed to be what was good for the American public, the United States
>still has the finest, and most technically complex phone system in the
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 From what I read daily in comp.dcom.telecom, the US definitely does
not have the finest or the most technically complex phone system in
the world.  What have you based this sweeping statement on??  Surely
not the all important 'User Satisfaction'?


Adam Ashby  (+1)(708) 632 3876 - work time
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[Moderator's Note: Alright, fine. If the USA does *not* have what I
described, then what country *does* have it? If TELECOM Digest was
published in East Germany, Poland, Brazil or Haiti, what type of
messages would you see here from day to day? Admittedly, user
satisfaction has gone down since divestiture, and we have lost some of
the margin we maintained for decades, but we are still far in front,
which is more a testament to the old Bell System than it is to the
federal judge :{ who made it all possible. Readers, suppose you tell
me: (You generally have no reluctance to do so!) -- Whose is best?
Whose is worst? Why? And if you say the USA, was it because of the
judge, or despite him?  Title your replies, Re: The Best and Worst.  PAT]