Hello Bob.

15 May 10 05:21, you wrote to TOM WALKER:

 BA> Replying to a message of TOM WALKER to ROY WITT:

 TW>>>> NOT being Stupid the phone companies build out to the Areas
 TW>>>> that has the most demand for DSL First as laying Fiber is NOT
 TW>>>> cheep.


 RW>>> I think they're stupid. AT&T laid glass fiber cable all over
 RW>>> Mira Mesa and then abandoned it. Time Warner either bought it or
 RW>>> leases it to people wanting their services.

 TW>> Actualy that was Pacific Bell, At the Time totaly UNRELATED to
 TW>> AT&T.

 BA> Uh, Tom, Pacific Bell was in fact owned by AT&T as part of the Bell
 BA> System. After the breakup in what, 1984?, Pac Bell became Pacific
 BA> Telesis.  I've no idea what it is today.

As I recall Pacific Telesis Group was acquired by SBC Communications in
1997. The use of the Pacific Telesis corporate name disappeared rather
quickly. SBC continued to operate the local telephone companies individually
using their original names.

By 2001 SBC renamed the telephone company "SBC Pacific Bell". In 2002
the companies were renamed again to "SBC". In 2005 SBC finished acquiring
AT&T to form AT&T Inc. Pacific Bell is now known as Pacific Bell but is
doing business as AT&T California.


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Jeff

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