Now this is fun…
I have received an unusually large number of responses to my article in the February 2005 issue of Wired Magazine about ending the Postal Monopoly.
There is a certain poetic justice about getting these by email (although, to be fair, I didn’t give out my home address.)
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The chorus of praise hasn’t stopped since Monday’s announcement that SBC will merge with AT&T.
The storyline is attractive: Baby Bell grows up, buys parent; $15
billion in synergy; local and long distance back together; a new day
for telephony. Alexander Graham Bell would be so proud, mostly because
he would recognize a lot of the equipment from 1875, especially the
copper wires going into homes. Gimme a break. This deal is about
freezing the “phone” business, after winding back the clock
to 1983 (or is it 1883?)
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