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Re: You all blew it and you know it. said by batterup:If the Bell System were still providing service the US of A would still have the best network in the world as it had for 100 years. If I remember my history correctly ARPA wanted AT&T (Bell System) to help develop the Internet back in the early days. Bell declined on two grounds:
1) They didn't think packet switching would work
2) If it did it would render the public switched network obsolete. They did not not want to help create a competitor.
There are lots of problems with current US communication strategy but say that it is due to Telecom deregulation and the breakup of the bell system is not accurate.
/tom |
