ISP Information:
A form of DSL that provides T1 (1.5Mbits/second) or better transfer rates and is meant to displace business T1 connections. HDSL requires much less bandwidth than standard T1 encoding to transfer the same amount of data.
ISP Glossary:
High bit-rate DSL - It was twenty years ago (1984) that AT&T was divested under ordersfrom Judge Harold Greene, or twenty-two years ago in this next weekthat the idea of divestiture of AT&T first came up, January 8, 1982 Ithink. Mark Cuccia suggested that this old archive file firstsubmitted by Lauren Weinstein in the summer of 1983. So, here it is,Mark, and others.PAT12-Jul-83 09:14:32-PDT,4930;000000000001Return-path: <@LBL-CSAM:vortex!lauren@LBL-CSAM>Received: from LBL-CSAM by USC-ECLB; Tue 12 Jul 83 09:12:46-PDTDate: Tuesday, 12-Jul-83 01:18:19-PDTFrom: Lauren Weinstein Subject: "The Day Bell System Died"Return-Path: Message-Id: <8307121614.AA17341@LBL-CSAM.ARPA>Received: by LBL-CSAM.ARPA (3.327/3.21)id AA17341; 12 Jul 83 09:14:35 PDT (Tue)To: TELECOM@ECLBGreetings. With the massive changes now taking place in thetelecommunications industry, we're all being inundated with seeminglyendless news items and points of information regarding the variouseffects now beginning to take place. However, one important elementhas been missing: a song! Since the great Tom Lehrer has retired fromthe composing world, I will now attempt to fill this void with my ownlight-hearted, non-serious look at a possible future oftelecommunications. This work is entirely satirical, and none of itslyrics are meant to be interpreted in a non-satirical manner. Thesong should be sung to the tune of Don Mclean's classic "AmericanPie". I call my version "The Day Bell System Died"...--Lauren--***************************************************************************==================================** Notice: This is a satirical work **==================================*"The Day Bell System Died"Lyrics Copyright (C) 1983 by Lauren Weinstein(To the tune of "American Pie")(With apologies to Don McLean)ARPA: vortex!lauren@LBL-CSAMUUCP: {decvax, ihnp4, harpo, ucbvax!lbl-csam, randvax}!vortex!lauren**************************************************************************Long, long, time ago,I can still remember,When the local calls were "free".And I knew if I paid my bill,And never wished them any ill,That the phone company would let me be...But Uncle Sam said he knew better,Split 'em up, for all and ever!We'll foster competition:It's good capital-ism!I can't remember if I cried,When my phone bill first tripled in size.But something touched me deep inside,The day... Bell System... died.And we were singing...Bye, bye, Ma Bell, why did you die?We get static from Sprint and echo from MCI,"Our local calls have us in hock!" we all cry.Oh Ma Bell why did you have to die?Ma Bell why did you have to die?Is your office Step by Step,Or have you gotten some Crossbar yet?Everybody used to ask...Oh, is TSPS coming soon?IDDD will be a boon!And, I hope to get a Touch-Tone phone, real soon...The color phones are really neat,And direct dialing can't be beat!My area code is "low":The prestige way to go!Oh, they just raised phone booths to a dime!Well, I suppose it's about time.I remember how the payphones chimed,The day... Bell System... died.And we were singing...Bye, bye, Ma Bell, why did you die?We get static from Sprint and echo from MCI,"Our local calls have us in hock!" we all cry.Oh Ma Bell why did you have to die?Ma Bell why did you have to die?Back then we were all at one rate,Phone installs didn't cause debate,About who'd put which wire where...Installers came right out to you,No "phone stores" with their ballyhoo,And 411 was free, seemed very fair!But FCC wanted it seems,To let others skim long-distance creams,No matter 'bout the locals,They're mostly all just yokels!And so one day it came to pass,That the great Bell System did collapse,In rubble now, we all do mass,The day... Bell System... died.So bye, bye, Ma Bell, why did you die?We get static from Sprint and echo from MCI,"Our local calls have us in hock!" we all cry.Oh Ma Bell why did you have to die?Ma Bell why did you have to die?I drove on out to Murray Hill,To see Bell Labs, some time to kill,But the sign there sa
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