Internet Service To Add Outlets; A Loss Is Posted
The Local Phone Monopolies Have a Strategy . . . (ad)
The Local Phone Monopolies Have a Strategy . . . (ad)
Summit Seeks to Pare Technology Worker Gap
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Title: Internet Service To Add Outlets; A Loss Is Posted
Author: Steve Lohr
Issue: AOL
Description: AOL announced that it's adding up to 50,000 modems to help
customers hear something other than a busy signal. It also announced a
quarterly loss attributed to "one-time charges for operations and closed
offices, employees laid off and marketing materials."
Title: The Local Phone Monopolies Have a Strategy . . . (ad)
Author: MCI
Issue: phone reg
Description: Full page ad by MCI reads the "Local Phone Monopolies Have a
Strategy To Keep Their Monopolies For As Long As They Can. Here it is."
MCI lays out the eight-step hoarding strategy of local phone companies
including hoarding monopoly profits, arguing that there's no competition in
long distance, and claiming there's been an increase in long distance
rates.
From the Washington Post (A31) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/)
Title: The Local Phone Monopolies Have a Strategy . . . (ad)
Author: MCI
Issue: phone reg
Description: Same ad in NYT clip
From the Washington Post (G3) (http://www.washingtonpost.com/)
Title: Summit Seeks to Pare Technology Worker Gap
Author: Shortage of Employees Slows Area Businesses
Issue: Employment
Description: A March or April conference is in the works to discuss the
shortage of qualified technology workers in the DC area. A trade group
has estimated that as many as one out of every four jobs nationally is
unfilled. Locally, that could mean a 10,000-worker shortage. The
conference planners hope to increase the training programs at community
colleges and universities.
At the FCC (http://www.fcc.gov)
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