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> Unintended consequences are rampant.

Breaking up AT&T into regional bell operating companies[1] (the ILEC thing) was a very stupid decision in hindsight. I don't know what actually happened. Did AT&T simply have smarter people than the US Government did?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System



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