Edward_Greenberg@cso.3mail.3com.com (01/09/90)
Well NYNEX is the holding company that owns to BOCs: New York
Telephone (NY) and New England Telephone (NE).
The "X" part may stand for Xtra money? Or, X as in cross connection?
- Anthony Lee
I thought NYNEX was how much your phone bill went up with divestature
(9x).dhk@uunet.uu.net> (01/11/90)
From article <2711@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by Edward_Greenberg@cso.3mail.3com.com: >> Well NYNEX is the holding company that owns to BOCs: New York >> Telephone (NY) and New England Telephone (NE). >> The "X" part may stand for Xtra money? Or, X as in cross connection? >> - Anthony Lee > I thought NYNEX was how much your phone bill went up with divestature > (9x). While holding idle chit-chat with some NYNEX sales types today, I was told a little war story about the origin of the name. It seem that when New England Telephone and New York Telephone management were argui.. (sorry) discussing who would come first in the name of the new holding company, NYTel decided to be very gracious. "New England can come first in the name. See, N for New England, then Y for New York..... On a related subject, the front page story in the WSJ of 01/09 about Nynex Material Enterprises overcharging the two operating companies (to the tune of $120,000,000), brings to mind the name used for the holding company by many of it's current and former employees..... SlimeX Don H Kemp "Always listen to experts. They'll B B & K Associates, Inc. tell you what can't be done, and Rutland, VT why. Then do it." uunet!uvm-gen!teletech!dhk Lazarus Long