Re: A bad experience dealing with AT&T Wireless

CellGuy <cellguy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> I worked as an engineer with Bell Labs (the R&D arm of AT&T) right out
> of college and can sup****t this statement.   All equiment we designed
> and built was to meet an operating life of 20 years minimum.   The
> Bell telephones used at home and in phone booths also met this
> standard.  They were built like a brick.  Service was great, and call
> clarity was excellant. 
> 
> Then our government broke up AT&T, and the downhill slide began.  
> Cheap im****ted phones were allowed on your home lines, introducing
> service quality degradation.  Competition spurned cost cutting  on
> both the hardware and customer sup****t side.   We all know the state
> of the landline telephone service today.   No wonder most young people
> don't even get a landline phone, what with the costs of owning one.  
> Nuiscence charges, stupid taxes, and charges for options like
> voicemail that cellular carriers offer for free. 
> 

How'd you get an engineering degree without learning how to spell?
What university was that, anyways?

Didn't anyone at Bell Labs notice??