it's hard to compare without a control, but a few key points:
* none of the Baby Bells failed
* because they segmented regionally, integration was super important and you could argue paved the way for the modern internet
* consumer services under Bell was incredibly expensive and tightly controlled
In hindsight maybe they should have split up horizontally, nationalizing the natural monopoly components/infrastructure (ex: the physical lines)? It's interesting to see what looks like a reconsolidation of wireless now, I wonder what the future will look like.
In hindsight maybe they should have split up horizontally, nationalizing the natural monopoly components/infrastructure (ex: the physical lines)? It's interesting to see what looks like a reconsolidation of wireless now, I wonder what the future will look like.