[UFO Chicago] Bell companies

[Brian Sobolak]

jordanb at hafd.org wrote:
>
> I've done some checking and there are 4 companies left of the RBOCs:
>
> AT&T consists of former properties of Ameritech, PacBell, and Southwestern
> Bell (formerly SBC) plus the long-distance etc. company.
>
> BellSouth consists of Southern Bell and South Central Bell
>
> Verison constis of Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, and non-Bell companies
>
> Quest owns the former assets of US West.
>
> In addition, Sprint offers local service but I'm not sure how they got
> into it as they didn't eat one of the RBOCs.
>
> Cingular is owned 60-40 by AT&T and BellSouth.

So in other words, you were wrong last night and didn't know what you were
talking about?

Sorry, I'm feeling surly these days.

brian




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