At 10:38 PM 10/17/01 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton wrote the following:
>Can someone possibly tell me what the initials "BAT" could >stand for as far as an ISP goes? Reason I ask, is my current >modem is a 3com DSL, # CP3617-B, which I use with BellSouth >(ADSL service). I recently found one for a great price, and >am about to order it. It's # is CP3617-BAT-X. I happen to >see another used with Verizon, and it's # is 3CP3617B-VZN. >So this leads me to believe that suffix is designating a >proprietary modem used only for a specific ISP? Maybe by >some chance someone may also be able to tell me if a >CP3617-BAT-X modem would work here in LA, (and we now use the >CP3617-B). BAT - Bell Atlantic Telephone [Companies] aka Bell Atlantic Corporation -- the largest of the seven "baby" bells after the 1984 Justice Department breakup of AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph). AT&T got to keep Bell Labs aka Bellcore, Western Electric, and Long Distance. Bell Atlantic merged with Nynex (New York - New England Bell) in 1996 to become Bell Atlantic Corporation. The next two bells to merge were Pacific Telesis (Pacific Bell Telephone Company aka PacBell ) and Southwestern Bell to form SBC Communications, Inc. (Southwestern Bell Corporation). SBC also owns Ameritech (merged in Oct 1999 which was one of the seven baby bells) and Nevada Bell. U.S. West Communications Group merged with Qwest Communications International, Inc in May 2000 to become Qwest Communications International, Inc. (The Q -- Ride the Light). VZN - Verizon Long Distance formed in June 2000 by merger of Bell Atlantic Corporation and GTE (General Telephone and Electronics). BellSouth Corporation (Bell South) is the last, at least for now, independent Bell Operating Company (BOC) -- Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
