calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| reply to boogie74
Re: SBC Sucks!
Wrong again, Boogie.
The original company of the MCI family, Microwave Communications, Inc., was organized on October 3, 1963, largely as a result of efforts by Jack Goeken, a manufacturer's rep for General Electric 2-way radios. Goeken, who was later known for founding AirPhone, wanted a more practical way for his trucking customers to keep in touch with their trucks between Chicago and St. Louis, and his solution involved microwave circuitry. MaBell managed to delay issuance of the first microwave license until August 13, 1969--typically anti-competitive. So MCI wasn't "toying around" with microwaves in the 50's, nor were they in the 60's, save the last five months. MCI's plant isn't more than 35 years old.*
But so what--either way, it proves my point, which is that MCI has a lot at risk from VoIP incursion, too.
Calvoiper
(*Source is MCI's official history, "The History of MCI: The Early Years" by Cantelon {MCI}. The unofficial history, "On the Line" by Kahaner {Warner Books} agrees with the dates, thought it attributes a much more colorful motivation for the company's founding.)
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