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In 1968, McGowan was contacted by MCI due to his expertise in raising venture capital. Based on this contact, he made a US$50,000 investment in the fledgling business and was made chairman of Microwave Communications of America, a predecessor to MCI Communications.
Brief biology of William McGowan and how his life path set him on a stable journey to form MCI after meeting Jack Goeken.
Jun 9, 1992 · WASHINGTON - William G. McGowan, the feisty founder and chairman of MCI Communications Corp. whose battle against the world's largest telecommunications company revolutionized the industry, died...
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Some background: In 1969, the FCC ordered AT&T to allow MCI to stream through AT&T's basic phone network. MCI started out as a St. Louis-to-Chicago microwave operation for trucking companies. A St. Louis based MCI client would first use an AT&T phone to link to Chicago. The conversation would go through various AT&T lines, stations, and big switchi...
And so McGowan was informed by AT&T attorneys that in exchange for access to the Bell network, MCI would have to comply with a "capital contribution" plan to help with upkeep. 'How much would it be?' McGowan asked. deButts and his staff took their sweet time coming up with the details of the arrangement. Finally McGowan's limited patience wore thin...
Shortly after that standoff, a court issued the first opinion in favor of MCI's bid for access to AT&T's local phone system, which the latter telco appealed. But Long Distance Warrior's strong points are its portrayal of McGowan's chain-smoking, workaholic personality, and his successful assault not just on AT&T's monopoly status, but its public im...
Not surprisingly, consumers found this line of reasoning unbelievable, but were still intimidated by AT&T. MCI sought to overcome this fear with a sophisticated advertising campaign that tapped into the lingering feeling of guilt that subscribers felt spending money on long distance calls. "There was this great guilt on the part of the public," rec...
Jun 9, 1992 · William McGowan, the feisty founder of MCI Communications Corp. whose dogged challenge of AT&T; forced its historic breakup and sparked a revolution in the telecommunications industry, died...
Feb 15, 2005 · It was William G. McGowan who in 1968 saw the potential to make history with the fledgling MCI, which had begun five years earlier as an 11-employee company seeking to build a row of microwave...
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