Parents angered by exorbitant tickets

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by joepole

I was wondering how someone could have not heard of AT&T.

Those aren't companies:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interexchange_carrier

I've never heard of "ILCES," I assume that's a typo for ILECs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILEC

Thanks Joe for the clarifications. I should know better than to drop "industry jargon" onto a non-industry board. It's just that Cingular and "Bell" really get under my skin, and I should learn not to rant about it. Here is a good site though, for anyone interested in Bell bashing...

http://www.newnetworks.com/

This is a great book on the subject for anyone interested in telecom history:

The Unauthorized Bio of the Baby Bells