I say yes!
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The Bell System was ki---d in '83 by courts that sided with companies that did not have enough expertise or good enough products to compete.
Another case where the whiners and the non-talented were supported by the courts against the capable and experienced.
There is just no telling what wonderful products and services we would have today if not for the courts squashing what was probably the most inventive and successful technology in the world.
I remember those commercials well. Cliff Robertson really gave AT&T a positive image back then. Just look at how far we've advanced since 1984! Thanks Stephenson and Stankey, I see another bonus in your future!
Please repeat after me:
Time after time, the system is the solution.
That is music to my old ears.
Ratty and the Stink did more than anyone to ki-l it. And the Toxic-T BoD let them with no oversight!
Yeah, I couldn't find a phone booth anywhere the other day when my pager went off. Company going to sh*t.
No one knows what a Bell system is anymore Gramps.
You can ring my bell.
it's evolving like most of America.
Been dead for 38 years! Where you been?