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soperj • today at 4:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

they broke up Ma Bell, but they've never done anything about the internet access. Mobile is an oligopoly.


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smallmancontrov • today at 4:10 PM

The breakup of AT&T was the proximal cause of Ronald Reagan and Robert Bork installing the CWS shackles onto the US antitrust apparatus.

Here's the thing: we could remove those shackles. US antitrust law had a good 50 year run, it could have another. Lina Khan was working on it, you probably saw the flak. This was on the ballot in 2024 and it will be again in 2028.