Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!pacbell.com!decwrl!hayes.fai.alaska.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: john@bovine.ati.com (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: More COCOTery Message-ID: <13054@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 4 Oct 90 11:25:51 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: John Higdon Organization: Green Hills and Cows Lines: 30 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 713, Message 7 of 11 On Oct 4 at 1:35, bill@trace.eedsp.gatech.edu writes: > Okay, I'm finally gonna ask. Who, out of all the comp.dcom.telecom > and TELECOM Digest readers, is a COCOT owner? I will be very surprised to find one single COCOT owner on this forum. COCOT owners are NOT telecom enthusiasts, telephone weirdos (TM), hackers, phreaks, or even telecommunications professionals. They are people who have stumbled on to another way to make a fast buck. They include store owners, groups of investors, individuals who were sucked in on the latest (a few years ago) way to "cash in on the newest investment opportunity". If there were real telecom people owning COCOTs, you wouldn't find such widespread violations. Think about it: would you want to own something that was a technical abortion and a disservice to the public? What I am seeing in the COCOT biz is a few larger companies emerging that own many one-armed bandits. PayTel, ComSystems, etc., seem to be pushing the little guys out of the marketplace --- a lot like the long distance business. And again, I would be very surprised to see anyone at these companies give one jot or tittle about telecommunications. All they care about is that check from the AOS and the cash that falls out of the coinbox. John Higdon | P. O. Box 7648 | +1 408 723 1395 john@bovine.ati.com | San Jose, CA 95150 | M o o !