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Re: Perceived Y2K problems
- From: David Lesher
- Date: Tue Nov 30 22:56:10 1999
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Alan Clegg said:
>
> But the phone system in Raleigh, North Carolina crashed for a day when
> Garth Brooks tickets went on sale by phone. No matter where you called,
> you got a busy signal IF you managed to get a dial-tone at all.
Crashed?? Or just got molassas-slow? It's *designed* to do that,
to protect itself....
(If M$ was as reliable as telco switches, then Jill Winecooler's
UAE/GPF would be a lead story on the TV news....)
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A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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