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Was AT&T that dominant at the time? They had been broken up just a few years earlier and would go on to be acquired by one of their spinoffs a few later
by unlinked_dll 7y ago
Was AT&T that dominant at the time? They had been broken up just a few years earlier and would go on to be acquired by one of their spinoffs a few later
- shortformblog 7y agoOne factor here worth keeping in mind: In 1991, they bought NCR, so they were trying to expand into the tech market beyond their traditional telecom base. (Bell Labs was also owned by AT&T during the period.) They were still very cash-rich in the ’90s and trying to use that leverage in other parts of telecom, even if the Baby Bells owned local telephone service.