AT&T Wireless --> Cingular --> at&t
 

Pretty funny...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...85759717366066

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:whistle: Where's Jeff?

ahhh....love it

Colbert's a funny guy. I like his show its just I never seem to be watching TV at the right time to catch it.

Very funny!:rofl:

Having lived through most of these changes, I can understand how the average person is confused and can't keep track of who owns who ;)

I wonder who was the genius who said deregulating the telecom companies would bring about more competition. :rofl:

We appear to be headed right back towards a monopoly, but now without the government protection we used to have.

In reality there is much more competition today then existed in 1984 when the Bell system was broken up. And it is "intermodal" competition - meaning that customers have a choice not only for who their service provider is, but also how that service is provided. You can now get phone service via the traditional landline network, through your cable company, through a myraid of VOIP providers, via cell phone, and even via satelite phone. Given all of these choices, the need for governmental regulation should long be in the rear view mirror.

Why do I need government protection? :confused: If I'm not happy with my service, I can just move on to another provider.

The only mystery that remains for me has to do with their logo. Their new logo is "at&t", yet the logo on the new iPhone is "AT&T". Not much branding consistency there :confused: .

I agree, but one by one the choices are being eliminated. We are headed back towards a road of having one provider again. 4 years ago there were 7 major cell phone providers and many smaller regional providers. Now we are down to 5 major providers and most of the smaller ones have been gobbled up. Would you be shocked if we had 3 providers in another 5 years? And then 2? etc.

I don't like this trend. We are better off when there is more competition. Hopefully the government will not allow any more large mergers and will make sure there are at least some choices. But it would not shock me if anti-trust legislation was ignored. It wouldn't be the first time.