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American History 1988

``` Debt, economic decline, immigration; hippies, anti-government, freedom. At the end of the 1980s, a wave of change encompassed a country boy from the Rust Belt. As the gate for upward mobility was on the verge of closing, he struggled to move forward. College, Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship; HP, Apple, Microsoft. To become part of the 1%, or even 0.1%, he sacrificed a lot, but also gained a lot. ```

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Chapter 173: Infernal Affairs

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"Durell, you know we've invested more," said Dave, cradling the phone with his shoulder as he slowly stirred his coffee with both hands.

"But Byte Company has solved all the technical issues!" Durell argued, "You know, Dave, the key is the VoIP technology."

"I admit you have a point, but without the massive input of hardware infrastructure, IP telephony would remain a theory.

And laying lines, developing, and manufacturing terminal devices all require huge funds, and most importantly, MCI has a stable customer channel.

You know what I mean, Durell. MCI can provide a large number of corporate users for IP phones almost anytime, and we have businesses in America and Canada."

"Come on, Dave. Besides technology, Byte Company can also undertake part of the funding..."

"Durell," Dave didn't want to drag on the discussion, he cut to the chase, "As far as I know, Bell hasn't given up on the upcoming lawsuit, they want to move the case to Virginia, right?"