roy%phri@uunet.uu.net (Roy Smith) (08/10/89)
There is a half-page ad in todays New York Times from NYTel offering
a $25,000 reward to "the person who first provides information to New York
Telephone in each instance that results in arrest and conviction of any
person or persons for intentional destruction of telephone facilities." They
don't mention who they think is doing the destruction, but do point out that
the offer is only good "for the duration of the work stoppage".
Perhaps the AT&T breakup will have a useful side effect. Imagine a
protracted strike against AT&T, long enough to seriously degrade their
long-distance service. Sprint, MCI, etc, may be able to provide sufficient
capacity to keep the phone system running. Of course, if the BOCs are struck
as well, and for as long, you may have trouble reaching the other carriers.
--
Roy Smith, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
{att,philabs,cmcl2,rutgers,hombre}!phri!roy -or- roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu
"The connector is the network"
[Moderator's Note: But AT&T *isn't* on strike! The local telcos in some
areas are the ones on strike. AT&T made peace with the unions last month. PT]