http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/ Engadget Comments for Ma Bell returns: AT&T buys BellSouth for $67 billion http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
AT&T
AT&T Wireless

Simple. It isn't decreasing competition in my opinion. BellSouth and AT&T (formerly SBC) worked together towards a common goal as it was, so why not just simplify and reduce redundancies? Makes a more consolidated, better running company that can afford to put up a few more TOWERS, HOPEFULLY. ;)]]>Mar 5th 2006 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 5th 2006 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
I wish someone would buy them though as they don't have the resources to compete, and they are severely lacking in innovation.]]>Mar 6th 2006 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 12:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
I knew this only a matter of time : http://www.mobilitysite.com/2006/01/the_future_of_telecommunications_in_amer.php]]>Mar 6th 2006 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
I think you meant "baby bell", not "non-baby bell".]]>Mar 6th 2006 1:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
Only Cincinnati Bell and Qwest are left to gobble up for Verizon or AT&T. AT&T got a big boost with the purchase of Bellsouth.

Verizon = Nynex and Bell Atlantic

AT&T = Ameritech, Bellsouth, SBC, and Pacific Telesis]]>Mar 6th 2006 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
This is good news for the VoIP/WiMax/etc. folks.

Anyone thinking this merger is going to improve the networks, bring prices down, or catch us with Korea, well, it's time to practice your coping skills.]]>Mar 6th 2006 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
This isn't good for consumers. An unregulated monopoly to your door is never a good idea. Think about this for a second: how many of you can choose your cable operator? How many of you can choose your local telco provider, with one bill (i.e. no checks to multiple providers)?

When I can choose from Comcast, Cablevision, Adelphia, etc when in Newark, NJ then we'll see a deregulated, consumer-driven set of choices. You know, like cellular. Which is soon going to be squeezed by this move.

Start writing to the FCC now.

-C



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Not only was reception bad but the customer service people (who I was always on the phone with) were border-line abusive.

As an AT&T customer I looked forward to the day when Cingular bought me. It was akin to getting to go live with a more loving family. I'm not going back into that abusive relationship.]]>Mar 6th 2006 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
-wC]]>Mar 6th 2006 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/4-5 bars in about 90% of the places in the tri-state area even back then and now after the Cingular merger the receptions even better (more towers!).

I would say it is on par with Verizon Wireless and much better than T-mobile and the other guys here in NYC.W orks solid for me.]]>Mar 6th 2006 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/
Just my 2 cents
Take it, or leave it!]]>Mar 6th 2006 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 8:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 6th 2006 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/The true business driver that will eliminate celluar is data. No matter what software upgrade, or smoke and mirror 3G product you introduce into a cellular market, there will never be enough bandwidth to support a stable, business class environment.
Wi-Max will be the technology of choice. You can consistently get 11M up and with Wi-Max and you can place the towers 5 to 10 miles apart. Now you can run all of your mission-critical applications in a mobile environment, and just like land-line voice is being converted to VOIP as we speak, cellular will fall closely behind it as just another packet on the network.
In my opinion, it just makes sense Ma Bell is back. Without them, who would be inventing and developing all of this technology that you enjoy today???]]>Mar 8th 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Nov 12th 2007 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/The true business driver that will eliminate celluar is data. No matter what software upgrade, or smoke and mirror 3G product you introduce into a cellular market, there will never be enough bandwidth to support a stable, business class environment.
Wi-Max will be the technology of choice. You can consistently get 11M up and with Wi-Max and you can place the towers 5 to 10 miles apart. Now you can run all of your mission-critical applications in a mobile environment, and just like land-line voice is being converted to VOIP as we speak, cellular will fall closely behind it as just another packet on the network.
In my opinion, it just makes sense Ma Bell is back. Without them, who would be inventing and developing all of this technology that you enjoy today???]]>Mar 8th 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/05/ma-bell-returns-atandt-buys-bellsouth-for-67-billion/Mar 15th 2006 10:30AM