patcat88
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Re: Meh said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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1 edit | said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? AT&T was always AT&T. Before 1984, and after 1984. But AT&T was not a 'telco' after 1984. They divested their telco (LEC) business to seven companies which retained the right to use the "Bell" logo; AT&T had to create a new logo after the 1984 divestiture.
AT&T was still AT&T before 2001, but they had formed a 'cable unit' to get in on competition with the LECs. After 2001
Comcast merged with AT&T's cable unit, which was called, "AT&T Broadband Internet". The plan was to call the new company, "AT&T Comcast". But that plan fell through.
AT&T was still AT&T, and separate from Comcast, when it was finally bought by SBC, effective January, 2006.
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said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? AT&T Broadband (ATTBi).
That was a different "AT&T" though. It was a long distance telephone carrier, a wireless carrier, Tier 1 network operator, and a cable company.
During the 90s they bought up a bunch of cable companies like TCI and MediaOne.
They sold the cable division to Comcast, creating the modern Comcast that we know.
They also sold the wireless division (AT&T Wireless) to Cingular, a joint venture between BellSouth and PacBell/SouthwesternBell/SBC/etc. SBC later bought AT&T, and took their name. And then later bought BellSouth, largely to bring wireless completely in house (now called AT&T Mobility). |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
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said by patcat88:said by iansltx:Cableco and telco? Antitrust. What was AT&T? Forgot the old name of Comcast? ... yea.. tell us.. what was the old name of Comcast...? .. was it, um, Comcast?  |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
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said by Samsonian:That was a different "AT&T" though. It was a long distance telephone carrier, a wireless carrier, Tier 1 network operator, and a cable company. During the 90s they bought up a bunch of cable companies like TCI and MediaOne. They sold the cable division to Comcast, creating the modern Comcast that we know. AT&T is still a long distance telephone carrier, wireless carrier, and Tier 1 network operator. Only two changes since then:
• They sold off their cable interests to Comcast.
• They got bought by an ILEC.
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| True enough, but it's the SBC people running the show over there. |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
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·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by Samsonian:True enough, but it's the SBC people running the show over there. They do call themselves AT&T now, and have since 2006.
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