AT&T Wins Linkline Antitrust Suit > Lesson Learned

said by Indymike:

AT&T (Ma Bell) was given "right of way" via the government to build out the telephone network.

They were also allowed to charge the "Universal Service Fee" from EVERYONE so that they would service rural areas instead of just urban areas.

Maybe you might want to do a little research on the history of the telephone systems PRIOR to AT&T becoming a monopoly provider and then being broke up.