Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!telecom-request From: jdominey@bsga05.attmail.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: AT&T's Cornet Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 19:41:29 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest 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 11, Issue 406, Message 12 of 15 In V11#400, Steven S. Brack asks: >> The following is part of an AT&T letter dated May 6, 1991: >> Phone (317) 352-8500 Cornet 358-8500 Fax (317) 352-8468 > A quick, simple question: what is Cornet? Pat responded that Cornet is AT&T's internal phone system. Pat's partially correct. About three years ago, I recall seeing a company bulletin saying Cornet was being phased out in favor of an internal Software Defined Network. Cornet was limited to certain parts of the company (Bell Labs and former Western Electric locations?). In six years with AT&T, I've never directly encountered it, although I saw some references. If memory serves, Cornet was a tandem network. Much of the traffic was carried over dedicated lines running from switch to switch. It did provide seven-digit dialing anywhere in the country. Assuming I'm right, then AT&T Long Lines would have issued billing for the dedicated lines connecting the switches, WECo handled the equipment leasing, and millions of ratepayer dollars paid for the internal accounting! Jack Dominey, AT&T Commercial Marketing, Tucker GA V: (404)496-6925 AT&T Mail: !dominey