WTHOMPSON@BBNF.ARPA (11/06/85)
I noticed an announcement that NYTel filed a proposal with the FCC for a public packet-switching service, to be called Infopath. I wonder if the X.25 world of telecomm isn't going to take much the same shape as the voice-switched network, i.e. local service provided by BOC's, handed over to LD carriers to get outside the territory. Do Tymnet, Telenet, et al become the equivalents of MCI, Sprint, and others when protocol conversion for the local telcos becomes a reality? (Anticipating? Me?) I realize other BOC's have made stabs at getting protocol conversion approval. It seems that they are finding the proper shape for a proposal to the FCC, and once they latch on to the magic formula, they're off and running. Then what?