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Re: The Real Reason Why SBC Won't Work With Vonage on E-911

T. Sean Weintz (strap@hanh-ct.org)
Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:38:12 -0500

TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response to a writer:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Can't you just see SBC chomping at the
> bit to get the old 'Bell System' out of cold storage and back into
> service with all its old ways, albiet modernized somewhat? Put this
> thing down -- refusal to work on 911 with VOIP carriers as one more
> thing to negotiate when the FCC is asked to approve the AT&T/SBC
> merger. PAT]

Scary. I am in what was SNET (Southern New England Telephone) territory.
What was I believe the oldest RBOC in the country -- in fact I am right
now sitting only about 1500 feet away from the site first commercial
switching office in the country.

SBC bought out SNET a few years back, and has done NOTHING for us but
take what WAS good service and make it lousy, while raising prices and
laying off workers. Back in the monolithic BELL ATT days, things were
MUCH more reliable than they are now. I'm talking REAL sloppy stuff --
botched record keeping, service suddenly shifted to a different set of
pairs on the underground feed for no apparent reasons, etc. etc.

SNET HAD been in the process of running fiber all over our state (and
starting to do Cable TV!) when SBC bought them out and nixed all that.

I HATE SBC. My only hope now is that perhaps Verizon will get big enough
to buy them out? Or maybe some sort of deal that would give our state to
Verizon? (All the surrounding states, and even a teeny tiny portion of
this state, have Verizon as the local RBOC ILEC.)

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