The break up of AT&T was a huge deal when it happened, and it had an incredible impact on what eventually would happen. If AT&T wasn't broken up, there would be no Verizon. No Comcast. No Samsung. Apple would never have gotten into cellphones... and we might not have had cellphones for a few decades more! When AT&T was broken up, competition erupted, and the mid 90's was where telecommunications absolutely went wild with advancements and rolling out of tools & technology to feed the growing global demand for communication & the things that make communication work.
AT&T has merged with enough media companies now, that it is large again, but it's not about size...it's about monopolistic control, which is nothing like what they used to have. Back when 'Ma Bell was running things, you had two choices for telphones, beige or black, and that was literally it.
This isn’t a fair description of the history. The breakup of AT&T led to a lot of problems, and probably slowed the adoption of cell phones in the US, not quickened it. The breakup also killed video calling technology until Facetime.
The current AT&T is also a different company from the original AT&T. Verizon is actually more directly related.
I disagree, man. AT&T owned all of the hard-line telephone infrastructure in the US. They had no incentive to push cell technology, and they didn't. You mention video calling...that was more of a "look what we can do!" than a viable tool that could be made available to the public. You seem to agree with me that Verizon is basically AT&T reincarnated, lol.
Google is far larger than that phone company
And that phone company has reacquired basically all their assets, as well as additional ones, and is bigger than they ever were.
The break up of AT&T was a huge deal when it happened, and it had an incredible impact on what eventually would happen. If AT&T wasn't broken up, there would be no Verizon. No Comcast. No Samsung. Apple would never have gotten into cellphones... and we might not have had cellphones for a few decades more! When AT&T was broken up, competition erupted, and the mid 90's was where telecommunications absolutely went wild with advancements and rolling out of tools & technology to feed the growing global demand for communication & the things that make communication work.
AT&T has merged with enough media companies now, that it is large again, but it's not about size...it's about monopolistic control, which is nothing like what they used to have. Back when 'Ma Bell was running things, you had two choices for telphones, beige or black, and that was literally it.
They should turn google into a search engine utility for the US and seize all it's assets.
If it was about size, Disney should have been destroyed years ago.
There is a rather precise formula by market sector.. it's about % control.
This isn’t a fair description of the history. The breakup of AT&T led to a lot of problems, and probably slowed the adoption of cell phones in the US, not quickened it. The breakup also killed video calling technology until Facetime.
The current AT&T is also a different company from the original AT&T. Verizon is actually more directly related.
I disagree, man. AT&T owned all of the hard-line telephone infrastructure in the US. They had no incentive to push cell technology, and they didn't. You mention video calling...that was more of a "look what we can do!" than a viable tool that could be made available to the public. You seem to agree with me that Verizon is basically AT&T reincarnated, lol.
i want to see it all scattered into the wind.
Imagine all those bits going to pieces...glorious!
and also controls public thought and 95% of everyones information
They also broke up standard oil, everyone thought that company was untouchable.