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- 08 / 11 / 93 -
Stony Brook's automated registration system, trying to call information in a small GTE town (Ohiopyle, PA), a radio station in Bismarck, ND turns into a lifeline, a phone company in Fairbanks is owned by the city, tales from Emmanuel's recent drive to Alaska. Also: customer problems, Pacifica the cat dies, Phiber's legal situation: he is forced to plead guilty and faces sentencing in November. Phiber is now working for Echo, an Internet provider in New York.
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August 11
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- 08 / 18 / 93 -
AT&T announces that it will be buying McCaw Cellular, the possibility of local companies getting involved in long distance, an update on Stony Brook's automated registration system, a demonstration of "AT&T True Voice," an explanation of SignWorks, a warning from the Software Publishers' Association, wondering why Rebel is always the first caller, a report on some interesting phone numbers, asking an operator about a weird recording, the limitations of bandwidth, the possibility of a hacker event in New York City next summer, what waffle is, how service has changed since the phone company breakup, the rights of consumers to not have telemarketers call them, the difficulty of telling if All Call Restrict is working, home voice mail systems.
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August 18
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- 08 / 25 / 93 -
This show took place when a NASA spacecraft disappeared mysteriously. Scanning live on the air, governmental privacy issues, an unsuccessful playing of the full theme, the move towards local phone companies, long distance companies, and cable companies all offering the same services, Emmanuel's trick of getting the time from the phone company for free. Marc Rotenberg of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is the guest.
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August 25
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