Wall Street doesn't have influence in Washington - they OWN Washington.

[Admiral Yi]

Why AT&T?

My guess was something to do with the spectrum auction.

[Caliga]

Why don't they get in bed with the GOP?

Jews.

[Ed Anger]

Cal violated his own rule. STONE HIM!

[Savonarola]

Why AT&T?

Mergers, divestitures, new products and new spectrum.  In 1989 AT&T was a very different company; it didn't have a cellular division, it didn't offer local phone service and it still had Bell Labs-Lucent.  Furthermore in the 90s it tried a number of different strategies that didn't pan out like two way paging, fixed wireless, reselling local service and buying cable companies.  Telecom is a heavily regulated industry and all the changes that Big T made required at least some amount of government support or approval

[Ed Anger]

I miss the old death star AT&T.

[Caliga]

Cal violated his own rule. STONE HIM!

PWNED. 

[Savonarola]

I miss the old death star AT&T.

I wish I could have worked there when they gave the gold plated phone to Batista; or when the Soviets found taps on their ocean cables marked "Property of Bell Labs."  We're a shadow of our former self.