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40 Years After Carterphone Ended AT&T Equipment Monopoly

Posted by timothy on from the decision-rings-true dept.

fm6 writes "Wednesday was the 40th anniversary of the Carterfone Decision which brought to an end AT&T's monopoly on telephone terminal equipment. Ars Technica has an opinionated but informative backgrounder on this landmark, which pretty much created the telecommunications world as we currently know it."

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  1. hey fags by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    would you please soap up my balls for me? i swear to god i could ring a 2-liter of sweat from them...

  2. Re:It's a good thing... by nurb432 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    While under ATT's control it was much healthier for both the telecomm industry and its customers then what we have now.

    The technical advances that Bell Labs made could never have been recreated with what was left.

    And as far as consumer protection, they were so heavily regulated that they couldn't have stepped out of line even if they wanted to.

    The breakup was wrong and politically motivated.

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  3. Re:It's a good thing... by Man+On+Pink+Corner · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The breakup was wrong and politically motivated.

    Translation: I'm a Communist who likes paying $2/minute for long distance

  4. Re:how carter won by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow, 1984. How completely inappropriate. I applaud you.

  5. Re:It's a good thing... by nurb432 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    *Your* facts.

    Others remember the facts differently as they were actually there when it all went down, and not just reading some biased wiki page decades later and pretending to be an expert.

    Biased, much as the moderation seems to be tonight, looking at my troll status on this. You kids need to get off my lawn.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----