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Baby Bells tarnish silver spoon
Ten years after AT&T agreed to divest its local units the landscape shifted from a regulated monopoly to a competitive telecom era. Analysts note mixed outcomes including higher local rates funded by long distance profits and ongoing court battles over equipment and information services while AT&T fights to regain customer trust and market share.
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Bart Ziegler
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
U.S
Standard Oil Co
Ma Bell
Mark S. Fowler
Federal Communications Commission
At&t
Mark Cooper
Consumer Federation of America
Ameritech
Bell Atlantic
Bell South
Nynex
Pacific Telesis
Southwestern Bell
US West
Cooper’s Group
Consumer Federation
Electonic
MCI Communications Corp
Sprint
Justice Department
MCI
FCC
Wester Electric Co
Charles L. Brown
Congress
Brown
NCR Corp
Universal Card
Visa
Richard Toole
Merrill Lynch & Co
Yankee Group Inc
Toole