To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Cool! I like good news like this.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Traffic is going to suck, now.
3 posted on
01/13/2004 7:23:50 AM PST by
rabidralph
(All your debate are belong to us.)
To: MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Ernest_at_the_Beach; BOBTHENAILER; ...
MOSUL, IRAQ – A ceremony was held in the city of Mosul today in honor of the first fiber optic communications network to be laid in Northern Iraq...40 kilometers of fiber optic cable connecting Mosul to Dohuk, a city to the north.. Lt. Col. Welton Chase, commander, 501st Signal Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). “This is the beginning of a network that will tie into banks, universities and schools. It’s really a wonderful day.”
The fiber optic cable was laid in 24 days by Iraqi engineers and contractors. A feat that usually takes 45 days.."
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
The AOL free trial CD's are in the mail as we speak.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
God bless our SOLDIERS! PLEASE FATHER IN HEAVEN keep them safe from harm from the enemy! We beseech thee, AMEN!
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
8 posted on
01/13/2004 7:36:57 AM PST by
mathluv
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Hmmmm... Does this mean my Lucent stock might finally go back up?
9 posted on
01/13/2004 7:38:05 AM PST by
lugsoul
(And I threw down my enemy and smote his ruin on the mountainside.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I hope it's buried deep underground and protected by a minefield.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Meanwhile, kenth is still waiting for DSL in rural America... :P
11 posted on
01/13/2004 7:54:35 AM PST by
kenth
(This is not a tagline. You're hallucinating.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
HALLE-FRIGGIN'-LUIAH!!!
This means that the USArmy Signal assets will at least be partially replaced soon. A land line network Internet and voice provider will extend and strengthen the network in place.
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Why didn't they just repurpose all the fiber that China laid for Saddam's C3? :)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
[grumble]
There is NOTHING about fiber optic cable that makes it TELEPHONE cable. Fiber optics CAN carry telephone calls, along with data and video and a host of other applications.
/soapbox
16 posted on
01/13/2004 9:04:05 AM PST by
taxcontrol
(People are entitled to their opinion - no matter how wrong it is.)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
It's only $87 billion of taxpayer dollars. What a bargain.
17 posted on
01/13/2004 10:00:26 AM PST by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
bump for reference
19 posted on
01/13/2004 5:17:13 PM PST by
Marie Antoinette
(Happily repopulating the midwest since 1991!)
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