The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&TThe true story behind the headline-making event of AT&T's breakup that assesses the long-range implication of divestiture for consumers and for the future of telephone services. |
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... Bill McGowan and the phone company . To be sure , McGowan and his bankers considered the prob- lem to be a serious one . MCI was scheduled to unveil its na- tionwide microwave network in October , but there was a serious question about ...
... Bill McGowan and the phone company . To be sure , McGowan and his bankers considered the prob- lem to be a serious one . MCI was scheduled to unveil its na- tionwide microwave network in October , but there was a serious question about ...
Page 93
... Bill to be about as unassum- ing as Jonathan Swift's " A Modest Proposal ... McGowan sounded rather shrill . He knew perfectly well what AT & T's ... McGowan declared desperately . DeButts ' speech- making about the Bell Bill amounted to ...
... Bill to be about as unassum- ing as Jonathan Swift's " A Modest Proposal ... McGowan sounded rather shrill . He knew perfectly well what AT & T's ... McGowan declared desperately . DeButts ' speech- making about the Bell Bill amounted to ...
Page 170
... Bill McGowan still complained frequently and articulately that it was the structural arrange- ment of AT & T - the fact that the local exchanges were owned by MCI's competitor , Long Lines — that held back full long- distance ...
... Bill McGowan still complained frequently and articulately that it was the structural arrange- ment of AT & T - the fact that the local exchanges were owned by MCI's competitor , Long Lines — that held back full long- distance ...
Contents
THE CASE | 3 |
The Whites of Their Eyes | 5 |
The First Shot | 16 |
Copyright | |
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