http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11099 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11099/comment-page-1#comment-132498 Reader's Write Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:02:18 +0000 #comment-132498 Perhaps, but at what cost? AT&T would be the only cell phone provider, the only Internet provider, and the only VoIP provider. It's breaking up has spurred competition in these markets, although its cell phone mergers indicate that it's trying to make up for that. Perhaps, but at what cost? AT&T would be the only cell phone provider, the only Internet provider, and the only VoIP provider. It’s breaking up has spurred competition in these markets, although its cell phone mergers indicate that it’s trying to make up for that.

]]> http://www.p2pnet.net/story/11099/comment-page-1#comment-132492 Reader's Write Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:49:42 +0000 #comment-132492 Doubtful the internet as we know it would exist had AT&T not been broken up in 1984? Had it not been for AT&T we would not have the internet. AT&T and it's Bell Labs created UNIX, was instrumental in the creation of ArpaNet, the predecessor to the Internet, and of course "networked" the entire country with copper long before the term network was a household word. Had AT&T not been broken up, we would have had the internet and many other innovations (such as integrated cell and wireline service) much sooner. Doubtful the internet as we know it would exist had AT&T not been broken up in 1984? Had it not been for AT&T we would not have the internet. AT&T and it’s Bell Labs created UNIX, was instrumental in the creation of ArpaNet, the predecessor to the Internet, and of course “networked” the entire country with copper long before the term network was a household word. Had AT&T not been broken up, we would have had the internet and many other innovations (such as integrated cell and wireline service) much sooner.

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