Tom Friedberg
Tom Friedberg
felt past
Yeah, probably, if they felt they could get past the regulators.
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U S West was dealt some bad cards with geography (a sparsely populated region), and from 1984-2000 it took a bad hand and made it worse. That's the reason why Qwest is the orphan Bell and is likely to remain so.
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It shows that except for Qwest everyone else has found a dance partner.
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It was simply cultural warfare, red state vs. blue state. Time and service (U S West employees) resented youth and talent, and youth and talent had no respect for time and service.