For anyone who hasn't yet asked Ren for an explanation...
...of how this whole AT&T rebranding thing works, Stephen Colbert summs it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1Mtv9cD0I&eurl= -Bill
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 10:55:53AM -0800, Bill Woodcock wrote:
...of how this whole AT&T rebranding thing works, Stephen Colbert summs it up:
Much along the lines of seeing how fast you can name the states, or their capitals alphabetically, how fast can *YOU* name the 22 operating companies? No cheating! (The converse game is principally played by Bell executives; how fast can you {rename|acquire} the operating companies?) --msa
... and he doesn't even mention that SBC also acquired Pacific Telesis (PacBell, Nevada Bell) and SNET (in addition to Ameritech) before it merged with AT&T and Bell South. Thomas Majdi S. Abbas wrote:
On Fri, Jan 19, 2007 at 10:55:53AM -0800, Bill Woodcock wrote:
...of how this whole AT&T rebranding thing works, Stephen Colbert summs it up:
Much along the lines of seeing how fast you can name the states, or their capitals alphabetically, how fast can *YOU* name the 22 operating companies?
No cheating!
(The converse game is principally played by Bell executives; how fast can you {rename|acquire} the operating companies?)
--msa
-- Thomas Leavitt - thomas@thomasleavitt.org - 831-295-3917 (cell) *** Independent Systems and Network Consultant, Santa Cruz, CA ***
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