Over the next few weeks there will be a series of articles about breaking up AT&T, Verizon and Comcast’s — the Communications Trust.
Over the last 25 years there has been a great deal of work done on this topic.
For those serious about this topic and want to learn more:
* AT&T’s 25th Anniversary Event
In 2009, Teletruth, New Networks Institute and the Internet Society of New York created an event to discuss what happened since the break up of the original AT&T in 1984. Known as “Divestiture”, the question was posed should there be a second
divestiture.
* 25 Year Analysis of Key Financial Indicators for the Bell Companies: AT&T, Verizon and Qwest.
A Report was published, outlining what happened over this 25 years, including examining revenues, profits, construction, employees and other factors.
In 2009, New Networks Institute filed a report outlining the stated commitments of Verizon, AT&T and Qwest to upgrade their networks with fiber optic services. Customers paid over $340 billion dollars for these upgrades, which were never done.