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katbyte
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FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
But are there not multiple phone companies now instead of just one?
samfisher83
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They have all pretty much merged back into AT&T or Verizon. Those two companies together would be the original MA Bell.
lotsofpulp
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And Centurylink.
aylmao
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Duopolies are bad, but I'd say still better than monopolies.
lotsofpulp
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Yes, it was just a possibly funny observation that most of the entities created from the monopoly ended up back in an entity called ATT.
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