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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: CYC who wrote (66499)	8/20/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

CYC, the thing that can kill these monsters is competition and a glut of product. True, that is more the case in the USA than in other areas, but I get 5 minutes long distance cards on food cartons and on store receipts. I can't remember the last time I've paid for long distance of less than 5 minutes. Longer than that, I use a 1010 number, which is dirt cheap. True, the cos. are pointing to cellular, the internet, set tops, digital, etc. as new great growth opportunities. But I don't see how that makes up for long distance dying. It would be like GM seeing a permanent decline in auto sales, but Frigidaire was doing real well. That's nice, but it doesn't feed the bulldog. That being said, I am not putting them yet. I would like to see them get back near the old highs and suspect they will during the Xmas lies.