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Indeed. And there's the whole SBC part to the story as well. But the entity that was AT&T in the early 2000's still went belly up and was bought out largely for
by floathub 10y ago
Indeed. And there's the whole SBC part to the story as well. But the entity that was AT&T in the early 2000's still went belly up and was bought out largely for the logo and those three letters and a single ampersand :-)
- basch 10y agoThe Entity that WAS AT&T became Southwestern Bell - became AT&T inc by buying Ameritech, AT&T Corp. Pacific Telesis, BellSouth (all Baby Bells) Bell Atlantic/NYNEX - merged to become Verizon buying GTE, MCI Worldcom along the way US West - merged with Qwest, acquired and became CenturyLink "the original AT&T" is those Baby Bells not just the empty shell that became AT&T Corp. (aka ATT Long Distance) The takeaway is that the ORIGINAL AT&T split into 3 companies and swallowed GTE, MCI, Worldcom, and Qwest in the process. It ended up being a consolidation. 4 of the 7 baby bells are back together operating under the AT&T name, that's over half the old company.