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[quote user="Datafever"][quote user="futuremodal"] the break up of Ma Bell started an economic Mother Lode of technological innovations, price competition, service competition, etc., all of which would not have occurred if Ma Bell would have been left to her devices. [/quote] That's what I love about this forum.  The most outlandish claims get to be presented as absolute fact.  Ma Bell, of course, made no technological improvements to the phone system during her tenure which is why we were still all ringing up the local switchboard from our hand cranked phones to have our calls manually placed at the time of the breakup in 1984.  Methinks that the Mother Lode of technological innovation had much less to do with the breakup of Ma Bell than it was the direct result of the computer revolution that has taken place since that time. Price competition?  Is that why my basic phone bill is double what it was just 15 years ago?[/quote] This is what is so astonishing about some of the forum members.  It is as if the concept of innovation due to competition simply does not exist in their world.  If you guys won't acknowledge basic economic fact, then there's no helping you. BTW - if you don't like your current phone service provide, THEN GO OUT AND GET YOURSELF A DIFFERENT ONE! Sheeesh!
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