It has just linked with Qwest, a new telecoms firm that is building a high-capacity long-distance network along old railway lines.
Butthat short leg from the long-distance network to homes and offices is a contorted mish-mash of copper phone lines, TV cables, fiber and wireless systems.
Butthat short leg from the long-distance network to homes and offices is a contorted mishmash of copper phone lines, TV cables, fiber and wireless systems.
At a pinch, Mr Ebbers might even be willing to sell Sprint's long-distance network, if that was the price for carrying off Sprint's mobile operation.
Still, the UHF plans foster dreams of more wireless for everyone -- and we suspect that even one Mr. Yankovic wouldn't mind giving up Channel 62 for a long-distance home network.
Today, he asserts, it is the ability to network long-distance--not girth--that makes the critical difference.
Likewise, traditional local and long-distance telephone service over the copper network is being displaced by better technology from cable and fiber.
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Last month, after talks broke down between Telmex and the other companies on issues such as interconnection rates (what long-distance providers must pay Telmex to connect calls through its local network), the agency at last said it would step in.
Several companies in the last year have been victims of "toll fraud, " a scheme in which hackers break into a company's VoIP network and sell thousands of dollars worth of long-distance minutes.
How much does DB Netz, its network subsidiary, favour DB's freight, local and long-distance subsidiaries?
Boost Mobile offers nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 275 million people, and on the Nextel National Network, reaching more than 278 million people, with no activation or long-distance fees.
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