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Re:Feds may target Google's Chrome browser for breakup by CydeWeys on Sunday October 11, 2020 @07:49PM (#24750123)
2 is still more than 1, and there was a lot more competition in the intervening decades when there were more than 2. So it sounds like it worked for the most part? Certainly more so than doing nothing.
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Re:Feds may target Google's Chrome browser for breakup by srtjstjsj on Sunday October 11, 2020 @11:09PM (#24751073)
No, the "breakup" was a nonsensical geographical partition. I live in NY. Why would I event consider buying a phone line in CA?
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Re:Feds may target Google's Chrome browser for breakup by salawat on Sunday October 11, 2020 @09:05PM (#24750518)
The issue is that the baby Bells were allowed to reconsolidate at all, or allowed to avoid competing in other provider's coverage areas. I agree some good came of the breakup, but the hands off position taken by subsequent administrations has allowed most of the Good to get undone.
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