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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>>>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>>>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>>>>>Geoff Gass <glg@tanzenmb.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>tert in seattle <tert@ftupet.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>smr wrote:
>>>>>>>>>On 5/30/2013 2:42 PM, Cydrome Leader wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>>>how often does this happen though (a fed style smackdown)?
>
>>>>>>>>>Technically daily, because it's only due to the Feds saying so
>>>>>>>>>that AT&T lets us into their colos, provides last mile at tariff
>>>>>>>>>instead of at a huge profit for them... we do ask the FCC to
>>>>>>>>>intervene if they're being dicks a few times a year. It's more
>>>>>>>>>of a quiet regulatory enforcement thing than it is what I think
>>>>>>>>>you're picturing, a huge, "Break up Ma Bell!" type of government
>>>>>>>>>intervention.
>
>>>>>>>>did all the exploded pieces of Ma Bell gravitate back together in
>>>>>>>>the end?
>
>>>>>>>not completely, verizon and centurylink own large pieces of territory
>>>>>>>and there's a couple of smaller ones like fairpoint around as well,
>>>>>>>but at&t is back to pretty damned big.
>
>>>>>>I forgot a major piece, post breakup, at&t still had the equipment
>>>>>>manufacturing and labs (western electric and bell labs).  that stuff
>>>>>>is all different companies like Alcatel-Lucent and Avaya now.
>
>>>>>AT&T is SBC renamed. SBC bought what had been AT&T Long Lines.
>
>>>>so?  I know the lineage, it's not relevant to tert's question.
>
>>>Well, whatever you happened to know didn't entirely make it into your
>>>followup, like the particularly important bit that today's AT&T itself
>>>is a renamed, partly-merged Baby Bell, and not the successor to the
>>>pre-divestiture corporate conglomerate.
>
>>did you even read tert's question?
>
> Why, yes, Geoff. It was fairly straightforward. Your answer, in part,
> "but at&t is back to pretty damned big" was misleading, given that
> post-divestiture AT&T didn't make those significant acquisitions,
> one of the Baby Bell's did, and what remained of post-divestiture AT&T
> after spinning off Western Electric and Bell Labs was acquired by
> a Baby Bell.

how do you get through your day being so pedantic?  how does your head not
explode?

>>>I didn't know you were moderator of the day. Next time I think something
>>>important was missed, I'll make sure to clear it with you to avoid stomping
>>>all over your enormous ego.
>
>>why haven't you renamed the thread yet, ayden?
>
> I didn't have your permission to do so.

knock yourself out, cupcake