What they're doing is combining local telephone monopolies from the Rio Grande all the way to the Great Lakes plus California. These are markets that have not been opened to competition. Gene Kimmelman
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![This is an earth shattering reversal in competition policy from an agency that broke up [the AT&T] monopoly 21 years ago. - Gene Kimmelman Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhpcyBpcyBhbiBlYXJ0aCBzaGF0dGVyaW5nIHJldmVyc2FsIGluIGNvbXBldGl0aW9uIHBvbGljeSBmcm9tIGFuIGFnZW5jeSB0aGF0IGJyb2tlIHVwIFt0aGUgQVQmVF0gbW9ub3BvbHkgMjEgeWVhcnMgYWdvLiA=&author=ICBHZW5lIEtpbW1lbG1hbiAgICA=&num=13 "This is an earth shattering reversal in competition policy from an agency that broke up [the AT&T] monopoly 21 years ago. - Gene Kimmelman Quotes")
![There's no question that there was an enormous exaggeration of the benefits of the new fee agreement that hid substantial rate increases at a time when the [long-distance] companies themselves are getting significant cost savings. - Gene Kimmelman Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=VGhlcmUncyBubyBxdWVzdGlvbiB0aGF0IHRoZXJlIHdhcyBhbiBlbm9ybW91cyBleGFnZ2VyYXRpb24gb2YgdGhlIGJlbmVmaXRzIG9mIHRoZSBuZXcgZmVlIGFncmVlbWVudCB0aGF0IGhpZCBzdWJzdGFudGlhbCByYXRlIGluY3JlYXNlcyBhdCBhIHRpbWUgd2hlbiB0aGUgW2xvbmctZGlzdGFuY2VdIGNvbXBhbmllcyB0aGVtc2VsdmVzIGFyZSBnZXR0aW5nIHNpZ25pZmljYW50IGNvc3Qgc2F2aW5ncy4g&author=ICBHZW5lIEtpbW1lbG1hbiAgICA=&num=3 "There's no question that there was an enormous exaggeration of the benefits of the new fee agreement that hid substantial rate increases at a time when the [long-distance] companies themselves are getting significant cost savings. - Gene Kimmelman Quotes")
