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The crazy thing is they've re-acquired almost all companies that were broken off. The rest went on to form Verizon.
by JadoJodo 12y ago
The crazy thing is they've re-acquired almost all companies that were broken off. The rest went on to form Verizon.
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- DannyBee 12y agoNo, it's crazier than that. One of the broken off companies reacquired them. What is currently AT&T is really SBC. SBC acquired AT&T and adopted the AT&T name.
- gknoy 12y agoStephen Colbert had a really funny explanation of it. I can't seem to find it on youtube, so apologies for the quality: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/955486/ http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/955486/
- seanp2k2 12y agoHere's a diagram of what happened to each company: http://subjunctive.net/klog/images/2008/Att_history.jpg http://subjunctive.net/klog/images/2008/Att_history.jpg
- jessaustin 12y agoThe rest went on to form Verizon. Which from a lobbying/public policy perspective, is often indistinguishable from ATT. They certainly don't act like they view each other as competitors.