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Re: Dr. James Marsters, TTY deaf service developer [Telecom]

> TWX was originally a manual service. The operator answered something > like "GA" and you passed your number using the...

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Wesrock

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Re: Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? [Telecom]

> As to PSC regulation, the 'rate of return' was not automatic, but > rather negotiated. More importantly, it was only...

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Wesrock

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Re: [telecom] Dr. James Marsters, TTY deaf service developer [Telecom]

> As an aside, if your PC still has a dial up modem, you likely could > use it just like an old Teletype. On Windows, y...

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Wesrock

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Re: [telecom] Dr. James Marsters, TTY deaf service developer [Telecom]

> ***** Moderator's Note ***** > > The modems used for Teletypes on press wires were, indeed, one-way: > a perfect exam...

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Wesrock

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Cabbie's tweet reunites lost BlackBerry with owner [Telecom]

Some believe that Twitter has the power to change big events like Iranian elections. I think that its strength may be i...

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john

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Heavy Data Use Puts a Strain on AT&T Service

Heavy Data Use Puts a Strain on AT&T Service By JENNA WORTHAM September 3, 2009 Slim and sleek as it is, the iPhone is...

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monty

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Verizon Newsgroup Service to be discontinued 30-SEP-2009 [Telecom]

This keeps happening. There are a couple of Usenet Service Providers (USPs?) that I can recommend. The first is www.use...

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fatkinson

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Re: Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? [Telecom]

> Thr railroads are healthier than ever, although regulation came close to > killing them. Yes, much of the nation's r...

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hancock4

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Re: Dr. James Marsters, TTY deaf service developer [Telecom]

> Not correct. The Teletypes AT&T provided for time-sharing access > via PSTN were ASR, automatic send receive. You [co...

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Wesrock

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Re: [telecom] NYS mandates "large print" for utility bills [Telecom]

> Money transfers are very attractive when funds are going to the less > developed world, where the recipients probably...

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Wesrock

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Re: [telecom] Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? [Telecom]

> Certainly govt regulation is not perfect (it killed the railroads and > Western Union). But eliminating it altogether...

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Wesrock

0 17yrs Wesrock

Verizon Newsgroup Service to be discontinued 30-SEP-2009 [Telecom]

Another one bites (the dust): http://www.verizon.net/promo/email_promos/tpe/newsgroup_discontinued/index.html ***** Mod...

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wgeary

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Dr. James Marsters, TTY deaf service developer [telecom]

Excerpt from the New York Times: Dr. James Marsters passed away. He and two deaf colleagues broke that barrier for them...

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hancock4

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Court Throws Out FCC's Cable Subscriber Cap [Telecom]

From Broadcasting and Cable website: > The U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with Comcast saying the > 30% subscriber limit...

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nmclain

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new search engine and GSM interference info [Telecom]

Over the past 5 to 6 weeks in several threads, we've discussed and argued the interference issues attributed to GSM cel...

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thad

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