AT&T - Deja Vu all Over Again
This entry was posted on 8/30/2007 12:05 PM and is filed under Technology,Opinion.
AT&T is controlling my telecommunications world, again. Does anyone remember the old AT&T, and the total lack of innovation in the Bell systems?
Even though the old AT&T owned Bell Labs, the worlds most advanced research and development organization, technological innovations were very slow to find their way to the American consumer. The Carter Phone decision was the beginning of the penetration of the Bell Systems with innovative devices, and MCI pioneered the way in anti-trust suits against AT&T, paying for their national long-distance network from the proceeds of their legal winnings.
Now, the dark side of the telecommunications world threatens to drag the USA behind in the new world economy as it is being played out. AT&T has no competitive reason to improve on their services in their system, and this will bode ill for the US economy in the years to come.
Currently, Japanese consumers are experiencing internet speeds of over 60 mbs because of fiber optic circuits being installed. There is no economic reason for AT&T to install fiber to the home, and we are doomed to languish at ADSL download speeds for the foreseeable future.
What goes around, comes around. The Death Star is real, and AT&T is the evil empire.
Without fail, history will repeat itself.
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