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Did the NEED to be broken up?

• chrisco255 6y ago
  Definitely, and we've benefitted tremendously from the subsequent competition and innovation in telecom after that. Don't know if you realize this, but there used to be a time when you'd spend a lot of money just to make long distance phone calls. The fees charged were of course disproportionate to the cost of carrying those calls. They were rent-seekers, and deserved to be broken up.