Word: interconnectivity
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...phone network can stand alone entirely, especially at this early stage of reform. Even around ICG's Denver home base, the quality of ICG's service depends on the cooperation of US West. Though the new act is designed to encourage the Bells to allow would-be rivals interconnect--in order to qualify for permission to enter the long-distance business--US West seems stubborn about letting its rival come aboard, says Bryan. "They can be slightly cooperative or uncooperative. Just a scintilla of movement either way can make our lives livable or miserable...
...million acres of land in West Pakistan. A second dam, the Mangla, 40 miles away on the Jhelum River, was completed last year, twelve months ahead of schedule, by U.S. contractors. The two big dams, plus smaller barrage dams and 40,000 miles of large and small canals, will interconnect five rivers flowing through West Pakistan to provide one of the world's best-developed irrigation systems. In addition, Tarbela and Mangla together will ultimately generate nearly 3,000,000 kilowatts of power...
...Room, both 16-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week operations. On a busy day, the switchboard and its 23 telephone operators−all, it seems, experts at tracking down staffers or newsworthy figures anywhere in the world− handle 25,000 calls. In the Wire Room, Teletype circuits interconnect all our U.S. and Canadian news bureaus, and a radio Teletype service gives instant contact with London, Paris, Bonn, The Hague, Rome and, soon, Tokyo. The Teletype systems add up to the most extensive private network in the magazine publishing field. "Its main feature is the speed with which...
Power Pattern. To both sides it made such good sense that they agreed to interconnect the systems at 19 different points. Each would help the other at periods of peak loads, thus lessening breakdowns and power shortages. The cooperatives would abandon plans for 292 miles of lines, use the $3,000,000 saved to increase capacity of the new plant at Ford. With peace in sight, the Government released the remaining $13,299,000 of its loan to the cooperatives so that they could further expand the Ford plant and complete their transmission system...