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From: asuvax!rako!rakoczynskij@ncar.ucar.edu (Jurek Rakoczynski)
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Subject: Alternate Telephone Service
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Can anyone summarize the status of 'Alternate Telephone Service
supplier'.  I can only remember about some larger city (NY?) where a
(cable co.?) was installing (fiber optics?) to the homes and was
planning to provide alternate phone service in competion with the
local telco. This was in addition to other services available on the
fiber.  I don't remember where I read this, but I am not confusing
this with just running fiber to the homes, like in California.  I
remember the term 'Alternate Telephone Service' or something like
that.