Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Edward_Greenberg@cso.3mail.3com.com Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: NYNEX Message-ID: <2711@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 8 Jan 90 16:13:00 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 12 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 14, message 10 of 13 Well NYNEX is the holding company that owns to BOCs: New York Telephone (NY) and New England Telephone (NE). The "X" part may stand for Xtra money? Or, X as in cross connection? - Anthony Lee I thought NYNEX was how much your phone bill went up with divestature (9x).