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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
References: <30jqp1$ees@grex.cyberspace.org> <9407311519.45@rmkhome.c <mrg.775754000@dynamo> <9408040155.38@rmkhome.com> <31u4ja$871@ivory.lm.com>
Message-ID: <9408081643.04@rmkhome.com>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 21:43:08 GMT
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Peter G. Berger (peterb@telerama.lm.com) wrote:
: In article <9408040155.38@rmkhome.com>, Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote:
: >Well, if AT&T dies, the USENET dies, as they own all the leased lines
: >in the US.
: >

: No, they don't.

: Not even *close*.

The telephone infrastructure of the US is based primarily on the AT&T
long distance trunk lines.  MCI, Sprint, etc lease the use of these lines
from AT&T.


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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  rmk@bedford.progress.com