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Replying to a post from Lisa Minter, hancock4 wrote (in part) >> "Although the number of leased wires has not been redu...
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posted by dlj
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Re: Los Angeles Numbering, 1940s

> Phone numbers were used several times, which I am assuming were of the > 2L-4N format -- They were given as name plus...
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posted by Tim
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Old Chicago Numbering

I've been having a discussion with a friend in Chicago about the numbering employed there in the past. Knowing that we...
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Los Angeles Numbering, 1940s

Last night I watched an old 1946 movie set in Los Angeles, specifically Hollywood and out to Malibu (the movie is "The...
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posted by paulcoxwell
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FCC Delays Vote on Telecoms Mergers Vote

By Jeremy Pelofsky The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said it postponed until Monday a meeting to vote on Veriz...
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Sprint Nextel to Launch High-Speed Network

By BRUCE MEYERSON, AP Business Writer Sprint Nextel Corp. is poised for a full-scale launch of its high-speed wireless...
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posted by ap
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Music Video Audience Migrates to Web

By Antony Bruno On November 1, Internet media giant Yahoo will launch two music video services, and both efforts illust...
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Re: Do We Go Overboard for Halloween?

> I've noticed that Halloween seems to have grown substantially in > importance as a holiday. Years ago it was one nigh...
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posted by jbburks
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MIT Fires Professor Over Falsified Data

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has fired a biology professor f...
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posted by ap
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Ebay Fraudsters Caught, Jailed in Britain

By Matthew Jones Three Romanian fraudsters were jailed on Friday in London for a worldwide fraud carried out via Intern...
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Re: British Strowger SxS?

Hi All: Just a quick note designed to head off any flames, etc. about my looking for extinct technology:-) Yes, I know...
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posted by dhunter
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Re: NJ Students Ordered to Take Down Blogs

>> Thompson said parents of students who enroll in the schools sign >> contracts governing student behavior, including...
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Justice Department Approves Telecom Mergers

USTelecom dailyLead October 28, 2005 http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/xbcsatagCvrviprmfR TODAY'S HEADLINES NEWS OF THE DAY...
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