Word: phoned
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...into practice an elegantly simple plan: fashion AT&T into the leading communications company in the world by acquiring what's known as "the last mile"--the part that ends in your home. If you are like most Americans, you are connected by two wires: a copper phone wire and a coaxial television cable. Own one of those, Armstrong reasons, and the future of communications--via voice, data and television...
...work only for AT&T, because of the synergies Armstrong's strategy made possible. No other company was in a position to provide each of MediaOne's subscribers with as wide an array of services and soak up all those revenue streams. (Think about it: Would you rather buy phone service from your local cable company or AT&T?) No other company, in other words, could justify the $4,700 per subscriber that AT&T was willing to pay. "Bottom line: we can bring more value to the MediaOne assets, and we can get more value out of the MediaOne...
...commerce transacted--and AT&T (as well as Microsoft) wants a piece of all that fast-growing action. The company already has a wide array of Internet products and e-commerce applications ready to deploy over the nascent network. Gradually, through television advertisements, mailings and those annoying phone calls, AT&T's AtHome could become an online brand to rival AOL. "They are going to hit you on ESPN, on CNN, on NBC, saying AtHome is now available," says Tom Henderson, analyst at Janco Partners Inc. "I think AtHome wins here...
...Carpenter-McMillan, Jones' longtime adviser. "It's the most demeaning thing, and it flies in the face of everything [Paula and I] believe in religiously." When Jones later expressed misgivings about the enterprise, she was informed that the contract is legally binding. So while she's not manning any phone lines, her face and name remain linked to the enterprise. It seems that while the counsel of telephonic telepaths is dubious, the counsel of their lawyers is highly reliable...
Recently Ross received a phone call from a friend--Michael Jackson--who was also working on a new album. "Late, late at night I get a call: 'Hello, Diana?' I said, 'Michael, is that you?' He said he was working on an album, and the album would be out sometime in the year...