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AT&T asplodes

In 1974, Uncle Sam decided AT&T was a monopoly that needed demolition. Ten years later, it was demolished. Recalls AT&T: "The U.S. woke up on Jan.1, 1984 to discover that its telephones worked just as they had the day before. But AT&T started the day a new company. Of the $149.5 billion in assets it had the day before, it retained $34 billion. Of its 1,009,000 employees it retained 373,000. Gone even was the famous Bell logo and name, given under the agreement to the regional telephone companies, excepting only the name's use in Bell Labs."

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