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Baby Bells

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Baby Bells
The nickname given to the regional Bell operating companies after Divestiture in 1984. See Bell System and RBOC.
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Take note that while there have traditionally existed long-distance carriers who provided simply long-distance services, today most if not all of the Baby Bells can provide service for all long-distance classes as easily as local service, competing with the long-distance carriers.
Everything You Need to Know About Long Distance Telephone Service by Marcus Rolland / Finance and Investment community
d) Only two remaining baby Bells would be left--huge Verizon in the Northeast and weak Qwest of the Western mountain states.
Reject AT&T purchase by Gieringer, David C. / Arkansas Business
It will also see BellSouth return to its roots, as it and a number of other operators ( dubbed the Baby Bells ( were spun off from AT&T in the 1980s.
Telecoms firm rings the changes by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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