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[ NNSquad ] Remembering the "long distance warrior" who took down Ma Bell
Remembering the "long distance warrior" who took down Ma Bell
http://j.mp/pK7wMS (ars technica)
"MCI's case against AT&T quickly wound up in court. The Department of
Justice had joined the foray by the same year that I took that
classical call. The huge affair eventually turned MCI into "a law firm
with an antenna on the roof," as its staff joked. But by 1984 Ma Bell
agreed to divest into regional parts, and McGowan became the closest
thing America has ever seen to a telecommunications hero. The
David-versus-Goliath version of the story is nicely told in a new
documentary, Bill McGowan: Long Distance Warrior, which will air on
public television stations on September 13 at 8pm EDT."
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I sure remember "Execunet" back then!
Too bad the FCC has allowed AT&T to reassemble like the T-1000 robot cop
in "Terminator 2" -- blobs of blown apart liquid metal recombining, with
T-Mobile their intended latest outside glob to be assimilated.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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