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Ma Bell 2.0
by craftyguy 8y ago
Ma Bell 2.0
- Rick-Butler 8y agonot exactly the best example when you consider what their research arm bell labs gave us. Not saying that monopolies are good, it's just not black and white...
- craftyguy 8y agoEven a steaming pile of shit has one or two good qualities.
- Rick-Butler 8y agoA comment like this makes me think you really don't know much about Bell Labs. http://blog.tmcnet.com/next-generation-communications/2011/08/the-top-bell-labs-innovations---part-i-the-game-changers.html http://blog.tmcnet.com/next-generation-communications/2011/0... A lot of modern computing traces back to them and Xerox.
- craftyguy 8y agoI know about Bell Labs and their contributions. They were the one positive thing from Ma Bell, but there were a LOT of other bad things in Ma Bell that I'd rather not see come about again. I bet we can have a Bell Labs-like thing exist without all the other crap.
- phlakaton 8y agoI'd love to see it. Where is this fabled research giant that doesn't need a bunch of funding from a giant corporation? I mean, I guess you could look at DARPA or other government agencies as some sort of equivalent, but you're not exactly escaping controversy by getting your funding from the DoD...
- lurquer 8y agoLucent. (Ugh... Rode that sucker down to $0)
- seanp2k2 8y agoAs of 2016 this is a diagram showing what went where and how it's back together now: https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13389592/att-time-warner-merger-breakup-bell-system-chart https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/24/13389592/att-time-warner...
- vel0city 8y ago>f you thought music streaming exclusives were bad, just wait until Comcast starts windowing SNL sketches to keep people on its pipes while AT&T only streams CNN to AT&T phones, while Verizon keeps wielding mobile access to NFL games like a club against the American consumer. Such an anti-consumer dystopia :( It is truly sad to see these markets devolve into such terribleness when there is so much possibility to be had with such incredible technology.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoI'm optimistic about it. The more onerous and costly it becomes, hopefully the more people will become disinterested with the mass produced garbage and start unplugging themselves.
- craftyguy 8y agoWow, with this deal it's even more consolidated than before the breakup.