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Re:Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality by lr4444lr on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:56PM (#16165108)
Then why didn't they step in to break up Ma Bell? That happened under anti-trust.
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Re:Mozilla Files Suit Against FCC to Protect Net Neutrality by wvenable on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @10:22PM (#16165202)
I don't think the FCC has that kind of power and anyway it was AT&T itself proposed the breakup. The court was concerned with virtual integration and wanted AT&T to give up ownership of Western Electric which produced most of the telephone equipment in the US.
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