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From: halle@homxb.att.com (Jeffrey C Halle)
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Subject: Re: Make Sprint Put it in Writing!
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Date: 17 Sep 90 16:24:33 GMT
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 From article <12191@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
(Jeff DePolo):

> Having been using US Sprint from home (while still having AT&T at
> work) since before US Telecom and GTE Sprint merged, I can honestly
> say that their fiber optic network is second to none.  If you make

You mean the fiber network that they lease from AT&T?  Virtually all
noise in a line is due to the CO and the drop, i.e. the copper from
the CO to the network interface at the building.  The noise difference
between the AT&T line at your office and the Sprint line at your home
is due to Bell of PA equipment differences, not IEC differences.
(I've heard U of PA phones; they're lousy even for local calls.)
 

> Jeff DePolo  N3HBZ             Twisted Pair: (215) 386-7199                  
> depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu    RF: 146.685- 442.70+ 144.455s (Philadelphia)  
> University of Pennsylvania     Carrier Pigeon: 420 S. 42nd St. Phila PA 19104