AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

195 BRoapway. NEw YorRK, N.Y. 10007

AREA CODE 212 393-4383

K.P. WooD
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

October 22, 1968

Professor Joshua Lederberg

Department of Genetics

Stanford University School of Medicine .
Stanford Medical Center

Palo Alto, California 94304

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Dear Sir:
I thought you would be interested in the

filing we made today with the Federal Communications

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Commission,
Sincerely,
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Your last letter said that AT&T sells "service", which is not exactly very
prpfound information. I am still trying to get some insight on the technical
standards for that service; which will obviously become an increasingly

pressing issue as data communications over voice lines keep pressing the

nominal bendwidth and noise level. ¢At the present time,:am I wrong in thinking
that..you offer long-lines customers the privilege of dialing up "as is" and
accepting or rejecting whatever line becomes available, About 19% of ny
long-distance voice connections are rather poor, and I am never sure what thres-
hold of exasperation should lead me to take the trouble to demand reimbursenent
(which I know you will always cheerfully give.) but if I am an instrument
designer and manufacturer, I will have to take a more global view of the
Rxperizs level of communication service I can reasonably expect. I had thought
that the inevitable pressures on the Company might be an important basis for

its concerns about opening up customer access. (but of course the BataPhone

faces the same problems. ) > - .
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