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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 good for its own good. Service was excellent, rates were competitively low. Ma Bell could easily attract new customers by this attractive mix of low rates and outstanding service. The anti-trust laws couldn't allow a company to use its great profit margin to keep up this excellent service...
...adequate explanation. Is the creation of thousands of new jobs as the market expands economically inefficient? Is the convenience of having to pay one bill to one provider of many services, instead of many bills to many providers of single services, economically inefficient? Is the creation of a second Ma Bell, who could once again give us the rates and service the consumers want, economically inefficient? No! Mr. Pasquale seems to equate efficiency with fairness. He finds the advantage that the large corporations have with respect to adapting to new technology unfair. His concern for the disadvantaged, smaller provider...
...LINCOLN, MA.-While many of her fellow classmates were packing their bags, loading their cars and saying goodbyes in preparation for moving to Harvard, Colleen Bangle '99 was standing in a tangle of summer squash vines bringing in the harvest...
...Malone for more than 20 years, the three have very different personalities, and some observers doubt they can be chummy long enough to seal a deal--or run a company. Turner and Malone would both control major chunks of Time Warner stock, 10% and 9% respectively. Although by law Ma lone could own only 5% of the voting stock, he and Tur ner would still have enough clout to oust Levin, especially if they were to join forces with other major holders like Seagram (9% if the deal were completed...