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Isn't AT&T dead? SBC bought the name, not the company.
by metageek 15y ago
Isn't AT&T dead? SBC bought the name, not the company.
- troystribling 15y agoSBC bought the company and used the name.
- metageek 15y ago<dig, dig>...oh, you're right.
- throwaway32 15y agodont forget that SBC was a baby bell, and thus originated from AT&T.
- throw_away 15y agoall the baby bells are now owned by either at&t, verizon or centurylink.
- warfangle 15y agoKeep in mind that Verizon was also originally a baby bell. It began as the Bell Atlantic corporation, and through a series of mergers in the 90s gained its place next to AT&T as one of the largest wireless and long distance carrier. That's right: The two largest cell phone companies in the country are legacies of a monopoly attempting to reassert dominance in an era of little regulation. Do we really want to return to the days of Ma Bell...?