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After a year in which Chicago businesses and residents suffered Ameritech’s worst service levels ever, now we learn that Ameritech officials are threatening to cut investment in their aging network.
Imagine Florida state election officials threatening to cut investment in their punch-card ballot system.
It’s a funny thought until you look at the similarities: Both systems are 80 years old, increasingly incapacitated and woefully ill-prepared to meet the challenges of the digital age.
As Henny Youngman might have said, “Take my local phone carrier . . . please!”




