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From: ihm@nrcvax.UUCP (Ian H. Merritt)
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>In article <8704240355.AA01860@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S.D-REUBEN%KLA.WESLYN@WESLEYAN.BITNET (Doug Reuben) writes:
>>[...] I think this is just another good example of what a mess
>>the Bell System Divestiture was and is...Hopefully, some day, some one in
>>charge with these people will realize this and put the Bell System back
>>together again...Wishful thinking, I know, but its better than getting upset
>>with this idiocy...:-)  !!!
>

Didn't see the original posting, so this may sound silly out of
context, but your comment sounds more like a case of humpty dumpty.
In truth, the only problems with the divestature in terms of how it
effects us are that things are of course more complex now, and we are
now at the mercy of "Short Term Bottom Line Business America", doing
things becuase thare cheap and fast; not necessarily because they are
technically good.  So, we have a bunch of really poorly designed LD
networks competing for our business.  Call completions that take 1.5
to 2 seconds over AT&T are taking 12 to 20 seconds on some of the
competition, and with the singular exception of US Sprint, now mostly
fiber, virtually all calls made over other than AT&T result in
poor to horrible connections.  To a significant extent it is a case of
you get what you pay for.  Now AT&T has to cut corners and their
equipment is beginning to show signs of deterioration.  Terriffic.
This too will pass, but I wonder if the eventual overall gains will
have been worth the interim (10 years or so) pain.


					--i