Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO

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From: Alastair B Roberts
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00

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On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Kate Galloway wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, The Nit Nurse wrote:
> 
> > I'd have thought that it was 'calls to an ISP's PoP', in which case Embra
> > Yooni is your ISP and their dial-up service is the PoP. The modem speed,
> > type or protocol is irrelevant, you're making a call to an ISP's PoP.
> > 
> > 
> Telewest are unaware what is and what isn't a PoP.  Their records are out
> of date / inaccurate.  The know it is the Uni, they count it as a free
> call though.
> 

For a *telecommunications* company, who are trying to move into the
so-called information age by introducing cable networks, internet access,
cable-modems, etc, etc, etc, it is quite ironic that these people fail to
understand the technology involved. If anybody should understand these
things, it should be Telewest!

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From: Alastair B Roberts <abr@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Telewest Communications FIASCO
Date: 1997/02/20
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