The Rape of Ma Bell: The Criminal Wrecking of the Best Telephone System in the World
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081840468X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 270 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Accurate History of the Government's Role in the Destruction of the Bell System M. Butler Great history of the government's role in destroying America's research and development treasure, the Bell Labs.. Excellent, it'll curdle your guts! A must read for anybody wanting to know how greed and ignorance destroyed the best telephone system in the world. It starts with a history of the formation of the Bell System, the people involved, and how it's philosophies of quality and service before the bottom line and end-to-end responsibility resulted in a world-class communication system. It then goes on to explain how the Bell System break-up sent secure, family-wage jobs overseas
Vintage hardcover
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. The authors make many additional charges, including a questionable "conspiracy" theory of media "silence" regarding the Justice Department's assault on Ma Bell. . Defense communications network, and a $45 billion annual cost increase to private and business phone customers who receive equipment and service of greatly reduced quality. And, according to Kraus and Duerig, Presidents Nixon, Ford and Reagan were too involved in other crucial matters to intervene. From Publishers Weekly In partisan and often sarcastic terms, two former Bell system engineers argue a strong case that the 1983 antitrust breakup of the AT&T-Bell-Western Electric "natural" regulated monopoly (exclusively integrating local and long-distance phone service with equipment