Let's be careful here. In 1984, AT&T was a monopoly and was forced to break up its local operations into seven regional companies (the "Baby Bells"). Guess what

Let's be careful here. In 1984, AT&T was a monopoly and was forced to break up its local operations into seven regional companies (the "Baby Bells"). Guess what? Over time, the seven slowly merged back together, with one -- Southwestern Bell -- eventually subsuming all the rest. Southwestern Bell then bought what was left of AT&T corporate and renamed itself "AT&T" and here we are again. It would be a shame to break up the tech giants only to allow them to slowly merge back together again.