@buri100 Actually, They once had a monopoly and owned all phone towers, so the government had to take them down because they could price gouge. But then they were remade years later. Oh, and they were founded 120 years ago at the least.
@Good Idea Verizon, if you trace it's roots back, was actually part of the Old Ma Bell, and through the years, and name changes an buyouts, became Verizon. It's kind of interesting to me....
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Hoping AT&T will win...
@buri100 They've already won. They won 120 years ago when they were born.
@Good Idea
I thought the first cellular phone wasn't even invented until...
...wait, I just killed a joke I never understood. Woot?
@buri100 It wasn't a joke. They were founded 120 years ago. AT&T stands for American Telephone & Telegraph.
@Good Idea
You, sir, have just educated me lots.
@buri100 Actually, They once had a monopoly and owned all phone towers, so the government had to take them down because they could price gouge. But then they were remade years later. Oh, and they were founded 120 years ago at the least.
@Good Idea
Verizon, if you trace it's roots back, was actually part of the Old Ma Bell, and through the years, and name changes an buyouts, became Verizon. It's kind of interesting to me....
Half of Verizon was also GTE, which was never part of Ma Bell. Verizon was formed when GTE merged with Bell Atlantic.