FCC approves AT&T's buyout of BellSouth

Yahoo! News ^ | December 29, 2006 | JOHN DUNBAR

[El Conservador]

Ma Bell's coming back!!!

[Kewlhand`tek]

so, what was the point in busting them up to begin with?

[vetsvette]

"Among the conditions offered by AT&T is a promise to observe "network neutrality" principles"

In other words, AT&T had to offer to bend over to any sexually confused individuals that happen their way.

[gcruse]

Twenty dollar DSL is pretty cheap. Look for it to zoom up after thirty months.

[taxesareforever]

so, what was the point in busting them up to begin with?

The government saw a way in which the people could pay more for phone service.

[reg45]

I love it!

[reg45]

so, what was the point in busting them up to begin with?

To make Teddy Kennedy happy.

[KyHammer]

The only way I could get ATT to stop internet service and taking money out of my account was to have my credit card number changed. They suck.

[freeangel]

Saving

[savedbygrace]

I wonder if Judge Green is still alive. He's the one who ordered the breakup of AT&T years ago.

[ASOC]

LOL

Had to bring back 3000 outsouced jobs, only to later say, 10,000 more will be laid off.

Over the last 6 years, the telecom industry had laid off over 60% of its workforce. And for those folks finding another job can be difficult, at best.

[HAL9000]

so, what was the point in busting them up to begin with?

For abusing their monopoly. It's time to bust 'em up again.

[SAJ]

So antitrust lawyers could make lots of dinero, of course.

[plain talk]

What monopoly?

[HAL9000]

Their ILEC PSTN monopoly.

[DustyMoment]

so, what was the point in busting them up to begin with?

Same question I had. How much money did we spend on the government witchhunt against the AT&T monopoly, only to see it re-building itslef!!

This is absurd.

[Banjoguy]

re:ATT-They suck.

Ditto for Bellsouth. I don't have enough time to tell you about the horror show in this part of Orlando. I dropped landlines altogether for three reasons:

1. Lower overall cost and no network connection fee, (The Al Gore Tax.)
2. Rude and vindictive Bellsouth technical staff
3. The inability of Bellsouth to deliver constant reliable landline phone service to our house; (that's right, you read that correctly.)

[plain talk]

What monopoly? You're a decade or so behind the times.

[okie01]

How much money did we spend on the government witchhunt against the AT&T monopoly, only to see it re-building itslef!!

Recall that this AT&T is actually one of the Baby Bells.

The one-time Southwestern Bell acquired AT&T and appropriated the name.

[HAL9000]

You're a decade or so behind the times.

Not at all. Right now, in 2006, AT&T has a vast natural monopoly on wireline communications in many service areas.