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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. Why? by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't know how to sign you name?

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  2. From AT&T to at&t (Colbert explains) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Colbert explains how the old AT&T re-grouped/formed.

    (Is it really that bad? All Baby Bells are back together?)

  3. Re:we're the phone company by 54mc · · Score: 5, Funny

    And if you want to eat the bread made from the wheat grown in my fields, you'll run an OC 12 line to my farmhouse.

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