The Federal government litigated against consumer choice for long-distance phone service, and cellular phones. It’s alway prudent to consider that you don’t know what you don’t know. Others might give your opinions more value.
“The Federal government litigated against consumer choice for long-distance phone service, and cellular phones. It’s alway prudent to consider that you don’t know what you don’t know”
Huh? What??
Ma Bell/AT&t was your only choice of phone service in the US for much of our early history. One company. One rate.
IN mid 1974 an early MCI won their lawsuit against Ma Bell and broke up part of Ma Bell in the South East enabling other phone companies to get involved and break up the other 6 Bells across the rest of the country. The US filed anti trust laws against Ma Bell breaking in 1974 leading to the breakup of Ma Bell.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996(by the Federal gov’t) further deregulated the phone companies and opened up more competition among phone companies and cellular service to what we know today.
https://www.directenergy.com/learning-center/history-of-deregulation-telecommunication