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Sure, but didn't AT&T continue to gouge consumers under their agreement with the gov't? and it wasn't until Thomas Carter, a private entrepreneur, challenged A
by tooltalk 9y ago
Sure, but didn't AT&T continue to gouge consumers under their agreement with the gov't? and it wasn't until Thomas Carter, a private entrepreneur, challenged AT&T's monopoly in telephony that started shaking down the gov't sanctioned monopoly?
- jstewartmobile 9y agoThe Carterphone development is listed on Wikipedia[0] under "Landmark Regulatory Decision". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carterfone#Landmark_regulatory_decision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carterfone#Landmark_regulatory...
- tooltalk 9y agoRight, this comes after numerous lawsuits and one humiliating defeat for AT&T and FCC in 1956.