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From: judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Peripheral Visionary 14-Dec-1990 1002)
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Subject: What If?
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The AT&T/NCR deal is an interesting development ... Wasn't the primary
motivation behind AT&T's settlement of the antitrust suit a desire to
enter the computer industry? AT&T is still a great company, but it's
hardly made a ripple in the computer business since divestiture. I
think it's pretty sad, again thinking back to the old AT&T ...

Question - suppose AT&T had decided NOT to split up - and to remain
the Great American Wire and Cable Co. (as some have called it). What
would today's telecom domain be like in: long distance, local service,
new technology, hardware (consumer and business), etc.  Go on
telecom-readers: oraculate!


ljj