3 ms·
Ironically AT&T is bigger now than it was when it was broken apart.
by eppp 3y ago
Ironically AT&T is bigger now than it was when it was broken apart.
- gorjusborg 3y agoAnd AT&T is now just a drop in the ocean of gigantic businesses.
- kortilla 3y agoSize wasn’t the issue, it was being a monopoly. AT&T today has big and small competitors in every space. They used to own the phone in your house.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoIn wireless internet, ATT competes with Verizon and T-Mobile. But for fiber internet to the home, ATT is still a monopoly for its customers since there are never 2 fiber ISPs.
- light_hue_1 3y ago> there are never 2 fiber ISPs. There are often zero!
- oogali 3y agoThe AT&T you see today is a completely different company. For all intents and purposes, it is SBC (Southwestern Bell Communications). In 1996, Bell Labs, Western Electric, and AT&T Technologies were spun out to create Lucent. Lucent merged with Alcatel to form Alcatel-Lucent in 2006. Alcatel-Lucent was purchased by Nokia in 2016. AT&T Wireless was purchased by Cingular in 2004 (joint venture between BellSouth and SBC). The original AT&T was purchased by SBC in 2005. The new AT&T (SBC) bought BellSouth in 2006.