Andy Kessler

Keep those cards and letters coming

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.)

WSJ: SBC-AT&T 1.6 cents a month

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?)