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From: tcora@pica.army.mil (Tom Coradeschi)
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Subject: Re: More COCOTery
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Date: 9 Oct 90 15:38:34 GMT
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John Higdon <john@bovine.ati.com> writes:

>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".

I must agree with John. A few years back, I had a roommate who was
into Amway. This was gonna make him rich (he was sure of it). One of
the Amway rackets was ... you guessed it: COCOTs. I don't think he
ever sold one of them, but that gives you an idea of the type of Joe
who gets into that business.


tom coradeschi    <+>    tcora@pica.army.mil    <+>    tcora@dacth01.bitnet


[Moderator's Note: Well John, Tom, today you found one here in the
Digest. I hope I made your day!   PAT]