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From: tcwst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Timothy C Wolfson)
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Subject: Signal Routes?
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Date: 12 Sep 90 17:31:36 GMT
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I am doing some research for a legal paper and would like to know if
anyone here can answer the following questions (or point me in the
right direction) :

1.) I use my telephone to make an intrastate call. Is there a
possibility that the signals, whether via wire or microwave, etc.,
will be routed over the state line?

2.) Same idea, but instead of a telephone, I send an email message to
another computer on a network.

Your help is much needed and will be deeply appreciated.
 

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[Moderator's Note: Yes it can happen, especially in metro areas
sitting on state boundary lines. But that is not considered
interstate. Interstate requires that a call originate in one state and
terminate in another. The fact that it may temporarily pass through a
different state for the convenience of the carrier does not count.  PAT]