Parents angered by exorbitant tickets

[piemaker720]

Originally Posted by rhertz

Long distance providers. IXC's to be exact.

So you are talking company and not the driver themselves.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by piemaker720

So you are talking company and not the driver themselves.

Yes, Long Distance carriers are phone companies, not trucking companies. I know nothing about the trucking industry.

[rhertz]

Originally Posted by joepole

Yep, bought by Nationwide Internet.

BTW, MobilePro sold Nationwide Internet to Telephone USA in July but I'm not sure the deal has closed yet.

http://www.nationwide.net/news.php

[piemaker720]

Originally Posted by rhertz

Yes, Long Distance carriers are phone companies, not trucking companies. I know nothing about the trucking industry.

Thank you I was not sure what you were talking about. I don't know the names of those companies you were talking about so that's why I didn't know they were long distance phone carriers. Sorry.

[joepole]

>I don't know the names of those companies you were talking about

AT&T and Cingular?

[piemaker720]

Originally Posted by joepole

>I don't know the names of those companies you were talking about

AT&T and Cingular?

No jack*** IXC or ILCES. Never heard of them.

[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

[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