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From: motcid!marble!ashbya@uunet.uu.net (Adam J. Ashby)
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Subject: Re: Best and Worst (was: Labor Day, 1990)
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Date: 5 Sep 90 16:01:05 GMT
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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'?

>[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

I don't think that E. Germany, Poland, etc. are fair examples, which
is why you you included them.  How about the U.K., Eire, West Germany,
Sweden and other (Western) European countries.  My point was not to
say that one country's system is any better than anothers, but to
point out to you that in its phone system as well as other areas the
U.S. is not still 'the best in the world', most other countries have
caught up, the U.S. has been standing still for too long, and as long
as it continues to ignore world standards and keep on going its own
way, the U.S. will start to lag behind.

The U.S. phone system is great, I can get service three days after
ordering it, it can take forever in some parts of England, but it is
no longer the finest and most technically complex phone system in the
world.

Just my opinion....I have *absolutely* no facts to back it up....Adam.