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Dec 20, 2006 · After its proposed merger with BellSouth, AT&T will in many ways be bigger and stronger than its monopolistic predecessor, Ma Bell.
Jan 3, 2002 · It's that bundling strategy which has been questioned amid Ma Bell's high-profile crash and burn. By splitting up the company, AT&T can isolate its high-growth areas from its consumer...
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- Staff Writer, CNET News.Com
- An Intro to My Connection
- The History of The Long Lines System
- Designed to Last
- New Discoveries and Post-Monopoly Decline
- The Impact of The Long Lines System
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I grew up in rural Missouri between two small towns named Arrow Rock and Slater. For many, many miles all you would see on both sides of the road were fields of corn or soybeans. One thing that struck my eyes was a huge tower on one of the roads we frequented to travel to Slater — a small town of less than two thousand people. In the middle of a fi...
Throughout the hey-days of telephone and telegraph systems, wired systems were the only option. Long lines of cable connected cities together, although this system presented major issues. The first was vulnerability. Much like power lines and present above-ground cable systems, a tree limb or storm could easily knock down the cables. This isn’t a m...
During the height of the Cold War, the importance of the Long Line towers grew. Military phone calls and data were transmitted through the towers. Many towers had their base stations installed underground in shielded rooms that were tested to withstand the EMP produced by a nuclear blast. These underground stations also were equipped with the same ...
During the 1970s, technological breakthroughs eventually would spell the end for the Long Lines system. One of the new innovations was the use of fiber optics. Fiber optic lines are typically located underground, eliminating the vulnerabilities of earlier coaxial-based cable systems. Fiber optics also were much faster than coaxial-cable as fiber op...
Post-break up AT&T was not a small company for long. They eventually regained power by becoming one of the “big three” wireless (cell phone) carriers. Once again, towers (although this time connecting cell phones) have been constructed around the nation, sometimes even in rural areas. Many of the Long Line towers remain as a reminder of how far we’...
Mar 6, 2009 · AT&T in 2009 looks a lot like AT&T in 1984, only bigger (motto: “local, long-distance and now introducing wireless!”). It’s also more global and more capable. In fact, Ma Bell in general is back, albeit in a three-headed form that comprises the powerful Verizon Communications Inc., Qwest Communications International Inc. and AT&T itself ...
Differing carriers results in split up RF bands and a much larger tower/base buildout than would be necessary with a single, nationwide network. Would the old Bell System, had it been the principal cellular carrier, have resulted in a better cellular network?
Jun 17, 2021 · In its monopoly days “Ma Bell”, as AT&T was known colloquially, created some of the most significant technologies that underpinned the evolution of communications including radar, the...
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Jul 10, 2017 · If you have a tower higher than 200 ft, FAA and FCC say you have to paint it, light it, and inspect it. Or take it down. Renting tower space can pay for all of that.
