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Re: Merc: PacBell predicts imminent death of the net; film at 11

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From: Daniel Burkes
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 00:00
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On Thu, 24 Oct 1996 20:42:01 -0700, Rich Graves
<llurch@Networking.Stanford.EDU> wrote:

>As many as one of every six telephone calls in Silicon Valley now
>doesn't go through on the first try because Internet denizens are
>tying up the lines, Pacific Bell reported Wednesday.
>

That sounds like *total* BS to me-  I live in Sunnyvale and work in
San Jose, and I can't ever recall having had a call not "go through on
the first try!"  Either I'm lucky or somebody's exagerating....hmmmm


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Danny Burkes
Sunnyvale CA USA

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From: dburkes@usa.net (Daniel Burkes)
Subject: Re: Merc: PacBell predicts imminent death of the net; film at 11
Date: 1996/10/25
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