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To: riposte who wrote (28363)11/5/1997 9:20:00 PM
From: pat mudge  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31386
 
[RBOCs]

<<<As a result, they were encouraged to overbuild infrastructure, and have 10 years of spare parts for switches and such, because the more $$$ tied up there, the more they would be allowed to earn.>>>

Reminds me of the logic of that cartoon where the wife is staring at her checkbook and saying to her husband, "What do you mean we're out of money???? I still have checks left!!"

<g>

Pat