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Re: switching from AT&T

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From: Dick Dunn
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 21:54
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rms answers about switching away from AT&T as a means of protesting the
"backing store" patent:
> Switching your phone service sounds like a good idea.  It's fairly
> painless and you know that your message will be received.

Could someone shed a little light on the business practices of the other LD
carriers?  The point is this:  If you switch away from AT&T, it might be
good to know you're switching toward a company that's not worse in some
other way.
-- 
Dick Dunn     rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd       Boulder, CO   (303)449-2870
   ...Simpler is better.
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From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: switching from AT&T
Summary: switching TO whom?
Message-ID: <1991Jun3.215457.14285@ico.isc.com>
Date: 3 Jun 91 21:54:57 GMT
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