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by lr4444lr 3079 days ago
Then why didn't they step in to break up Ma Bell? That happened under anti-trust.
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I don't think the FCC has that kind of power and anyway it was AT&T itself proposed the breakup. The court was concerned with virtual integration and wanted AT&T to give up ownership of Western Electric which produced most of the telephone equipment in the US.