Is AT&T a Monopoly in the Making?
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Is AT&T a Monopoly in the Making?
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Re: Is AT&T a Monopoly in the Making?
#2You've got to remember that "at&t" (the current one) is not AT&T, the remains of The Bell System resulting from the 1983 divestiture.
SBC, which started out as a Regional Bell Operating Company named "Southwestern Bell", bought the old AT&T at firesale prices back in 2005 and assumed its corporate livery.
SBC and Southwestern Bell before it, never made a secret of thinking that the 1983 Bell System breakup was a mistake, and has spent the last 28 years trying to put the Bell System monopoly back into place.
So, yes, AT&T is a monopoly in the making.
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#3It's not an AT&T thing... all big guys would want it, especially the market share. I am not liking the news of AT&T buying T-Mobile. There so many things fed up about it. AT&T data usage is not "truly" unlimited. AT&T's customer service sucks big time. When I missed to read the detail of my bill one month, the support rep told me I need to grow up and pay attention to my bill every month. True, I accept it but that also means AT&T cannot be trusted to accurately report on our billing, auto withdrawal, etc. They are bunch of a*holes. They do this to us while we have other carriers and other options. Imagine how they would treat us if they were the only guys.
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#4You can only believe AT&T is a monopoly if you believe the future of voice and data is through cell towers. My guess is, it's probably not.
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#5You can only believe AT&T is a monopoly if you believe the future of voice and data is through cell towers. My guess is, it's probably not.
Left to an open market, it won't be, but if AT&T has its way, it will be. They will buy up or buy control over everything if they can.
Wireless data is not something you want locked up by one company.
Re: Is AT&T a Monopoly in the Making?
#6You've got to remember that "at&t" (the current one) is not AT&T, the remains of The Bell System resulting from the 1983 divestiture. SBC, which started out as a Regional Bell Operating Company named "Southwestern Bell", bought the old AT&T at firesale prices back in 2005 and assumed its corporate livery. SBC and Southwestern Bell before it, never made a secret of thinking that the 1983 Bell System breakup was a mist…
Amazing that a monopoly could eventually go bankrupt. People get paid millions a year to run companies like that into the ground. Charlie Sheen could do no worse.
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#7The headline should probably read: 'AT&T Remaking a Monopoly.'
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#8Expect AT&T to make major public commitments to increasing the number of American jobs through this transaction.
The spin on this will be fascinating to see if it plays out as the a lot of jobs are expected to be eliminated as part of a merger.
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#9No. It's a duopoly in the making.
Sprint & Verizon are going to have to hook up next.
Re: Is AT&T a Monopoly in the Making?
#10You've got to remember that "at&t" (the current one) is not AT&T, the remains of The Bell System resulting from the 1983 divestiture. SBC, which started out as a Regional Bell Operating Company named "Southwestern Bell", bought the old AT&T at firesale prices back in 2005 and assumed its corporate livery. SBC and Southwestern Bell before it, never made a secret of thinking that the 1983 Bell System breakup was a mist…
This picture describes your breakdown:
http://www.wikinvest.com/images/0/00/Att_history.jpg
(AT&T old and what has spawned out from there.)