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preface
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"laymens telephone directory i"
was a listing of 20 occ's and
resellers. included in the phile was
information regarding 'how to become a
subscriber' to each company, and if
there are any monthly minumim and
set-up charges. the phile is a great
aid for those who wish to learn more
about a lds in question, (subscribing
to a service in most cases yeilds:
listing of access ports, code format,
and any special calling features which
are availible).
introduction
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as we all know, on january 1st,
1984, the world's largest corporation
was split up. in this text i will
cover the milestones leading up to
at&t's divestiture, at&t's
corporations <current> structure.
also included in this text is a
depiction of ma bells regional
companies, which were lost by at&t as
a result of its breakup.
events prior to the breakup
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1968....fcc rules that customers may
attach technically compatible non-bell
equipment to bells telephone network.
1974....charges claiming that at&t was
using its bell companies to freeze out
competion in long distance & equipment
markets are brought by the justice
department.
1978....court ruling won which forced
at&t to allow long distance
competitors to connect with its system
at both ends.
1980....fcc decides that that at&t may
compete without regulation in
telephones, switchs, and computer
related markets, yet can not use
profits from these markets to
subsidize other sales.
1981....fcc makes it legal to buy wats
(wide-area telephone service) in large
units and resell the service through
switching systems at a profit. this
was the decsion that has brought about
the hundreds of resellers which now
infest the long distance market.
after the government ceased presenting
evidence in the antitrust case against
at&t, judge harold greene declines
at&t's gesture to throw out the case.
january 8th
1982....at&t agrees with attorney
general william baxter to give up its
local operating companies. in return,
they would be granted permission to
compete in regulated markets, exempt
from political restraint.
august 24th
1982....after over eight months, judge
harold green finally signs a modified
settlement agreement.
december 16th
1982....reorganization plan filed by >a
at&t which sets out the division of
~assets, personnel, etc. between the 22
bell operating companies (boc's).
january 1st
1983....at&t sets up a subsidiary. at
first it was named american bell,
later, the name was changed to at&t
information systems.
august 5th
1983....judge harold green approves
the december 16th, 1982
reorganizational plan.
+january 1st
+1984....this is the date that at&t
officially signs over ownership of
their 22 operating companies, its name
and logo, the yellow pages service,
revenue from both local service and
some intra state calls, and some
rights on licensed patents.
todays at&t
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at&t currently is made up of two
main divisions. at&t communications
and at&t technologies. at&t
communications handles long distance
telephone services, overseas cable,
and satellite transmission. at&t
technologies consists of at&t
information systems, at&t bell
laboratories, at&t network systems,
at&t international, at&t consumer
products, and at&t technology systems.
broken down further, here is a
depiction for each of at&t
technologies sub-divisions.
=>at&t bell labratories
>research and development (r&d).
=>at&t consumer products
>manufacturing home telephones,
>home/office systems, terminals
>and printers.
=>at&t information systems
>marketing business and residential
>phone systems, office products, and
leasing phones.
=>at&t international
>manufacturing and selling products
>overseas.
=>at&t network systems
>manufacturing switches, cable and
>microwave equipment.
=>at&t technology systems
>manufacturing computer chips,
>computers, electronic components, and
>communication systems.
when dealing with at&t, you now
know exactly which division to go
question, regarding your needs.
at&t is the nations fourth
largest corporation and is twice as
large as its closest telecom
competitor, gte.
bell regional companys
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the twenty two operating companys
which were lost by at&t are now
subsidiaries of seven regional
companys. these are ameritech, bell
atlantic, bellsouth, nynex, pacific
telesis, southwestern bell, and us
west. within the seven regional
companies other than the 22 operating
companies (who provide local service,
market equipment, and publish
directories) there are cellular
services subsidiaries (who market
mobile telephone equipment and
services), and bell communications
research (they provide technical and
support services. listed are the
seven regional companys with their
subsidiaries.
ameritech
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illinois bell
indiana bell
ohio bell
wisconsin telephone
bell atlantic
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bell of pennsylvania
diamond state telephone
four chesapeake & potomac companies
new jersey bell
bellsouth
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south central bell
southern bell
nynex
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new england telephone
new york telephone
pacific telesis
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nevada bell
pacific bell
southwestern bell
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no subsidiaries
us west
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mountain bell
northwestern bell
pacific northwest bell
the listing above should bring
the boc's into a much more
understandable perspective.
each of the companys listed are
authorized to use the yellow pages
service, bell name and logo, receive
local service and intrastate toll call
service revenue, enter telephone
rental and sales, cellular phone
service, data transmission and many
other fields.
closing
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"i hope that you have learned
something thru the reading this text,
and other tutorials which i've
written, as the sharing of knowledge
was the primary reason for their
creation."
i would like to extend a special
thanks to each of the regional
companys 'share owner services' for
useful information they provided.
telecom boards to call:
the rat-trap bbs /509-928-7120/
the trading post /703-486-4015/
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