The history of Bell, AT&T and Comcast is quite complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T And in t

The history of Bell, AT&T and Comcast is quite complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T And in this context we should not forget about the United States Justice Department opened the case United States v. AT&T in 1974 (violation of anti-trust law).