Robert Coe wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:36:15 -0500, "rjdriver" <rjdriversNOSPAM@cox.net>
> wrote:
> : "Robert Coe" <bob@1776.COM> wrote in message
> : news:ur6ep295m3ikjhgs3cnfspv3pgtodfqolh@4ax.com...
> : > On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:03:13 -0600, karlkrandall@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> : > : On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 14:19:23 -0600, decaturtxcowboy
> : > : <nope_none_@nowayspam.com> wrote:
> : > :
> : > : >Industry trade journals say the global name recognition of AT&T is
> : > worth
> : > : >the change.
> : > :
> : > :
> : > : 99% of Cingular's business is stateside.
> : >
> : > "Cingular" was a sappy name from the beginning. But amongst those of a
> : > certain
> : > age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark memories of the hated "Ma Bell".
> : > It's as
> : > though George W. Bush tried to refurbish his reputation by calling himself
> : > "Richard Milhous Cheney".
> : >
> : > Anyway, the natural progression from "Cingular", now that they've
> : > swallowed
> : > another company, would be "Doubular".
> : >
> : > Bob
> :
> :
> : >> But amongst those of a certain age, the name "AT&T" conjures up dark
> : >> memories of the hated "Ma Bell". <<
> :
> : Hated "Ma Bell"? What would that certain age be that hated "Ma Bell"?
>
> In my case, 69. But you could be a lot younger. It was sometime in the 1970s
> before a customer in the U.S. was explicitly allowed to attach his own phone
> to the public network. Lots of us did it, of course, but we could have lost
> our phone service if The Phone Company found out.
>
> See if you can find the movie "The President's Analyst". It offers some
> additional perspective. ;^)
>
> Bob


Yup, art imitating life.

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