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A Lesson from AT&T History
It's always useful to look at history.
Since AT&T lawyers seem to be doing the most grumbling about opening the iPhone to other carriers, I thought it might be helpful to look at AT&T's reign as a near monopoly in American telephone service, or at very least the predominating force, until the "divestiture? on January 1, 1984 gave regional service to the Baby Bells.
You needn't look very far to notice a very telling fact.
Indeed, it is something which always struck me as the most telling about AT&T's 100-year rule - something which says it all, I think, about the impact of near-monopolies on…
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