Pumps' Perplexities

Anyone remember "Ma Bell"?.....Some twenty years ago
there was ONE telephone company....AT&T.....Then there
came along other little telephone companies, with new
technology, that wanted to compete with "Good olde Ma"....
"Ma" wanted to use the new technology and in order to
make everybody happy, "Ma Bell" was split up in to little
"Baby Bells" and the telephone industry has never been
the same.....

One of the new "Baby Bells" was AT&T, which was
allowed to handle long distance calls only.....The other
"Babies" handled local and regional calls......This now, ever
evolving industry saw the formation of cell phone carriers,
cable operators all looking for a piece of the "telephone"
pie.....During the last 20 years merger has led to merger
which has led to merger.....

AT&T has just bought a "Baby", Bell South......Verizon and
Qwest, which were formed from other "Babies" are still
providing regional services.....The large cable companies
want your telephone business and the large telephone
companies want your cable business......

With all this making and losing money over the past 20
years, it would be funny if AT&T comes out on top
again......Pumps