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AT&T breakup faces court review and political clash
The landmark AT&T antitrust settlement faces potential changes as Judge Harold Greene weighs approval by midsummer. Critics fear loss of cross subsidies and pace of divestiture could raise local rates, while FCC and lawmakers debate freedoms for divested Bell companies and access charges.
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Greene
At&t
Justice Department
FCC
House
Congress
Bell System
Charles L. Brown
Baltimore
Brown
William Baxter
Bell Laboratories
Western Electric
IBM
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Bell Operating Companies
John Shapleigh
Missouri Public Service Commission
George Knapp
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
House Telecommunications Subcommittee
ITT
Knapp
William McGowan
MCI Communications Inc
MCT
Bell
Long
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