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To: The Vet who wrote (5416)1/8/1998 12:34:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) of 116753
 
'...Pull the plug on them'

Most of you will not believe the following. Found it on the SIM site on y2k. Good source of detailed info on Y2K. This adds to my argumentation on telecom problems with Asia.

Regards,

John

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65. Author: David C. Hall ( dhall )
Date: Jan. 2 4:39 PM 1998

Interesting e-mail about a conversation with a
major telecomm carrier spokesman. Alan
Simpson provided the following:

Question - "How will the Yr2K problem affect
your global network? Answer - "We believe that
we will be completely Yr2K compliant by the end
of next year (1998), maybe earlier".
Question - "So you don't see any problems with
your network?" Answer - " No, I do not see any
major problems with our equipment."
Question - "What about the overseas networks
that connect to you and the private telephone
service resellers?" Answer - " You had better
ask them."
Question - "You have a problem? Answer "We have a
problem."
Question - "Big Problem?" Answer - "*****
Mess".
Question - "What can you do about it if your
partners aren't compliant?" Answer - "Pull the
plug on them."
Question - "Bit drastic, isn't it?" Answer -
"No, we won't be able to charge for calls
to-and-from them, will lose track of calls,
overcharge and have one customer service
nightmare. If they are not ready they are off the
network".

Anyone else asked a telcomm service provider
the same series of questions and got an answer
yet?

Dave Hall
dhall@enteract.com
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