[GreenKeys] Another Internet Outage

[Richard Knoppow]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Alderdice" <ka2wft at arrl.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Another Internet Outage


> At 04:23 PM 8/4/2011 -0700, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>>The curious thing is that the Bell System used to 
>>subsidize long distance
>>out of local tarrifs to make them more affordable. I think 
>>this was one of
>>the things that lead to the break-up.
>
> Actually, it was the other way around: Long Distance 
> subsidized the local
> service so that local service was very affordable.
>
> Doug A.
>
    Turns out you are right, I remembered it wrong.


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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com