Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Atlanta Company Offers Residential 800 service Message-ID: Date: 8 Jun 89 15:27:48 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 29 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 191, message 8 of 9 In article , egs@u-word.dallas.tx.us (Eric Schnoebelen) writes: > Actually, according to my information, Telecom*USA was formed > by the merger of Teleconnect ( of Cedar Rapids, Iowa ) and SouthernNet > ( of Atlanta, Ga. ) early this year ( I seem to remember hearing about > it in January. ) > Telecom*USA is the fourth largest carrier in the United States, > but still quite a distance behind number three, US Sprint. > The Telecom*USA network is basically divided into two portions, > the old Teleconnect network in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and > Missouri, and the old SouthernNet network in the southeast. Yes, there was a merger. However, Telecom*USA is the parent company and both entities (Teleconnect and SouthernNet) still exist. This is temporary. I expect to see one carrier in the near future. You may have seen that Telecom*USA is buying up everything in sight. They could be a major player very quickly. By the way... My source is Clark McLeod, president of Telecom*USA. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Brian Jay Gould :: INTERNET gould@pilot.njin.net - - UUCP rutgers!njin!gould Telephone (201) 329-9616 - - BITNET gould@jvncc Facsimile (201) 329-9616 - - Vice President, Systems Integration --- Network Design Corporation - --------------------------------------------------------------------------s