Re: Merc: PacBell predicts imminent death of the net; film at 11

On 26 Oct 1996, Roger Williams wrote:

I caught an interview on the BBC last night with a representative from PacBell, who claimed that this subsidy resulted in ISPs actively discouraging customers from using data service (ISDN) instead of POTS.

Bwahahaha...

For more on this disinformation campaign, see the thread of same title in ba.internet,alt.internet-media-overage. -rich