A Walk Through the Mind

A Walk Through the Mind


Ma Bell

May 28, 2024

I have a change of format today, as I've done too much research on AT&T, only to realize it is a massive undertaking of how much history this company has. I have decided to focus in on their monopolistic history from different angles in hopes we may walk away with a bit more information, at one level or another, than what we had when we went in.


Executive Producers:

Dame Slamy


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_controversy


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_of_Regulatory_Utility_Commissioners


I.B.M. Trust Suit Ended by Decree [pg 22/48]:

https://bitsavers.computerhistory.org/magazines/Computers_And_Automation/195603.pdf


AT&T workers strike:

https://telephone-museum.org/telephone-history-244/


https://www.wordnik.com/words/tariff


https://historyofcomputercommunications.info/section/3.2/Carterfone,-ATT-and-the-FCC-1948-1967/


https://historyofcomputercommunications.info/section/2.13/Antitrust,-Computer-Inquiry-II-and-the-Break-up-of-AT&T-1973-1984/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996


https://www.workers.org/2008/us/ww_1971_0508/


https://www.nytimes.com/1971/07/23/archives/80000-remain-out-in-phone-strike-backtowork-defiance-is-led-by-new.html



"AT&T Aftermath of Antitrust"

Col. George H. Bolling, US:

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA137114.pdf



[Audio] AT&T Archives: What is the Bell System?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBPTM_irIco


How AT&T Doubled In Size After A Government Breakup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9Z9Yv2djE


Bell System Breakup: 1982 news report examines impact of decision:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MquMrM8n8MQ


[Audio] AT&T Breakup: The Day after in 1984

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K32Oh6KkKBY


Long Distance Warrior - The Story of MCI vs Ma Bell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf2ox6imjzE


AT&T Archives: The Phone Boom of the 1950's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBEha-5vOzU


Regulating Monopolies: A History of Electricity Regulation - Learn Liberty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=430OAJuh0nk


Y2 28) Competition Policy - Monopoly Regulation (14:00) -

[Tips for writing a paper on monopolies]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMApZi370_w


The Formation and Regulation of Monopolies (6:21):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-ngcEnq7KE


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