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From: floyd@ims.alaska.edu (Floyd Davidson)
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Subject: Re: Big Phone Bills For Desert Storm
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>[Moderator's Note:  [...]   

>The technical difference between the phone center FAX messages and
>these other calls is that in the case of the FAXs, AT&T is the
>'customer' and is paying for the transmission. They are inviting you
>to come to their office and use their phone. If you use your phone
>then you are the customer.  PAT]  

It went even further than that, though I don't know much of the
details.  AT&T leased, for use in Saudi Arabia, a portable earth
station immediately after the crisis started.  The FAXs were routed
through the leased satellite link during off hours.


Floyd L. Davidson  |  floyd@ims.alaska.edu   |  Alascom, Inc. pays me
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