Time For Some Grandbaby Bells
from the breakup-the-Baby-Bells dept
In the seventeen years since AT&T was first made to split up and the Baby Bells first appeared on the scene, they've grown up and matured (and gobbled each other up). Now suddenly lawmakers are thinking it may be time to break up the Baby Bells and make some Grandbaby Bells. Of course, there are a ton of problems with this idea, and no one has any idea how it will work. The Baby Bells (not surprisingly) are somewhat against this idea and point to the California power crises as an example of what's likely to happen if they're broken up (which seems like a bit of excessive fear-mongering).
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If they break up the baby bells, they need to split the wholesale side from the retail services.
No, I didn't read the article, I'm too busy posting here :P
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