Ok, I was part of one of these phone companies (one of the first 100 employees) of what is now Century-Link,
started out as Litel, then LCI-International, then QWest, now Century-Link. LCI was a competitor with MCI.
Before MCI, a 3 minute phone call to my grandmother who lived about 50 miles from us cost about $4.00.
Today, with the right service that call, or even to your Grandmother on the other side of the world, that call
can last all day for a fixed monthly rate of less than $20.
De-regulation allowed this!
Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. After a business reaches a certain size, it gets
bought out by the leaches, who's only interest is to themselves and the stockholders,
they will dismantle what was once a great business, until it becomes something ugly.
During this final phase, prices again rise, sometimes (as in the pharmaceutical industry) with
such greed that it is absolutely shameful.
I've been around long enough see what eventually happens. (hint: I remember my dad
introducing me to veterans of the Civil War when I was a kid. There weren't a lot remaining,
but there were a few left)
started out as Litel, then LCI-International, then QWest, now Century-Link. LCI was a competitor with MCI.
Before MCI, a 3 minute phone call to my grandmother who lived about 50 miles from us cost about $4.00.
Today, with the right service that call, or even to your Grandmother on the other side of the world, that call
can last all day for a fixed monthly rate of less than $20.
De-regulation allowed this!
Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. After a business reaches a certain size, it gets
bought out by the leaches, who's only interest is to themselves and the stockholders,
they will dismantle what was once a great business, until it becomes something ugly.
During this final phase, prices again rise, sometimes (as in the pharmaceutical industry) with
such greed that it is absolutely shameful.
I've been around long enough see what eventually happens. (hint: I remember my dad
introducing me to veterans of the Civil War when I was a kid. There weren't a lot remaining,
but there were a few left)