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Boston-area residents will likely have to dial three extra digits just to call down the block starting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Area May Soon Have 10-Digit Phone Numbers | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

...area codes will not provide an eternal solution to Boston's number crunch. With the increasing popularity of personal technology, more and more telephone numbers will be required to support new crops of pagers, computers and direct-dial extensions. According to NYNEX, with the overlay plan, new numbers can be implemented as needed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Area May Soon Have 10-Digit Phone Numbers | 12/2/1996 | See Source »

Dell has gained a loyal mail-order following by "custom building" just the PC you want: dial the 800 number, list off the parts and wait about a week. Dell's sleek power system blends top-quality components and good service at the company's basement prices. The standard issue P200, at $2,599, includes a 200-MHz Pentium processor, 32 MB of ram and a roomy hard drive (2.1 GB). Its multimedia package boasts a fast graphics card, a CD-ROM drive, a subwoofer and a bright, Trinitron 15-in. monitor. When you're not playing games...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...working out of a small office or at home and your tech support staff is your brother-in-law. Hewlett-Packard's Vectra is a super machine, but it's the service that really makes the difference: you get a three-year warranty and software that enables technicians to dial in to your PC over a modem line to diagnose and fix problems. An optional networking kit lets you link PCs to share files or a printer. Configurations cost up to $3,264 for a 200-MHz Pentium system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HARDWARE | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

...network in the U.S. Hello, Baby Bells. Competition calling. The combination of MCI's hell-bent-for-market-share moxie and BT's muscle--Concert will have a cash flow of $12 billion--could wreak havoc in local markets, and that could be good news for anyone with a dial tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCI'S NEW EXTENSION | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

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