(82) Divestiture

from MCMLXXX by Phil Barbato

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"Like Ma Bell, I got the ill communication."

My mom worked for AT&T during the divestiture. It was almost a decade in the courts before a decision was handed down in 1982. As part of the agreement, AT&T spun off its local telephone services into a handful of regional companies (we called them "the baby bells").

In a dark twist of irony, the company we call AT&T today started as one of those baby bells. SBC bought the desiccated husk of the original company in 2005 essentially just so they could use the name.

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from MCMLXXX, released March 22, 2024

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