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From: BRUCE@ccavax.camb.com (Barton F. Bruce)
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Subject: Re: Alternate Telephone Service
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Date: 27 Oct 90 05:10:46 GMT
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In article <13970@accuvax.nwu.edu>, asuvax!rako!rakoczynskij@
ncar.ucar.edu (Jurek Rakoczynski) writes:

> 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

I never heard about alternate sources of dialtone to homes, but in NYC
the Teleport Communications folks (made up I believe of Merrill Lynch
and PATH - Port Authority Trans Hudson Corp - the NY/NJ docks,
airports, one of the subways, etc company) have a #5 ESS. Merrill
Lynch bought it as a PBX but only have a piddling 13000 lines on it,
so their partner in this took it over and they are selling local
dialtone to potentially anyone they sell fiber bypass to.  They have
filed to be allowed to do it in CA, too.

This is just what the local phone companies dread, but so sorely
deserve.

If they would only do it here in Boston in the other NYNEX
territory.