By the way that was done at one time for another utility, called the
phone company.
This is a good place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsbury_Commitment
Telecom has a long and extremely involved history of regulation,
nationalization, reregulation, deregulation, mergers, acquisitions,
divestitures, etc, over more than a century.
Not necessarily in that order.
It is more complicated than the Byzantine Empire and more
arcane than 33rd level Freemasonry. Even the Illuminati, the
Bilderbergers, and the Bene Gesserit put together couldn't
begin to unravel all of the threads.
All your traffic are belong to us.
Just kidding. Well, maybe.
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