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The Reverend Peter J. Gomes waited five minutes for the 11 a.m. bells of Memorial Church to quiet before opening a speech laden with biblical references.
Pasquale rightfully cites the MaBell breakup of the 80's as a significant moment in the history of telecommunications, sparking the creation of new telephone companies. But what he fails to mention is that the reason Ma Bell was broken up was that this long-distance provider was just too...
The logic of this divestiture made sense initially but started to break down because of technological innovation known as the "convergence of modes." Essentially, engineers have devised ways of digitally transporting telecommunications ranging from letters to pictures to sounds on a single set of wires. This means that one socket...
Despite these problems, only those uninitated to Republican antics in the House are amazed at this point that the bill in question managed to pass. As the Republican revolution gets routinized as politics as usual, the story is all too familiar by now. House Commerce Chair Bliley was in the...
However, aggressive lobbyists for the Baby Bells soon persuaded leading Republicans like Newt Gingrich to "stay true to their deregulatory roots" and vote for immediate, total deregulation. As more and more government decisions get decided by the highest bidder, the Baby Bells look to turn their current advantages into total...