This is a truly fascinating story that demonstrates the incredible parallels between AT&T's early rise to prominence and the development of our modern communica

This is a truly fascinating story that demonstrates the incredible parallels between AT&T's early rise to prominence and the development of our modern communications systems. AT&T has displayed a diabolic mastery of micro-economics and regulatory wriggling throughout it's history, beginning in 1876 with Bell's patent for transmitting electronic speech, all the way through yesterday's merger set-back.