Re: For anyone who hasn't yet asked Ren for an explanation...

2007-01-19 Thread Thomas Leavitt


... 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:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1Mtv9cD0I&eurl=



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
  



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Re: For anyone who hasn't yet asked Ren for an explanation...

2007-01-19 Thread Majdi S. Abbas

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:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1Mtv9cD0I&eurl=

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


For anyone who hasn't yet asked Ren for an explanation...

2007-01-19 Thread Bill Woodcock


...of how this whole AT&T rebranding thing works, Stephen Colbert summs it 
up:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1Mtv9cD0I&eurl=

-Bill