john@apple.com (John Higdon) (08/10/89)
This may be a little too "regional specific" for the DIGEST, but I know
there are a lot of SillyCon Valley readers, one of which may know the
answer. About a week and a half ago, all of the ALpine crossbar (about
eight prefixes) was cut to DMS. Given Pac*Bell's lethargy in upgrading
anything, I thought there might be a reason other than simply to
provide better service to subscribers.
As it happens, THE major customer in this CO is Apple Computer. Before
the strike, I struck a conversation with a Pac*Bell installer. His
comment was that the cut was indeed because of Apple. Now this raises
some interesting questions. Apple's PBX uses an entire prefix of the
1AESS, so that isn't affected. But is it possible that ISDN is involved
here somehow? If so, what generic would the DMS be running? I know that
Pac*Bell was conducting ISDN tests with the DMS in San Ramon.
Light and knowledge in this matter would be helpful.
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