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61 Fed. Comm. L.J. [i] (2008-2009)

handle is hein.journals/fedcom61 and id is 1 raw text is: * COMMUNICATIONS LAW JOURNAL Formerly FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS BAR JOURNAL VOLUME 61 DECEMBER 2008 NUMBER 1 Introduction The Enduring Lessons of the Breakup of AT&T: A Twenty-Five Year Retrospective By Christopher S. Y oo .............................................................................. 1 Articles and Essays The Decline and Fall of AT&T: A Personal Recollection By Hon. Richard A . Posner ..................................................................... 11 In his luncheon talk at the conference, presented here in slightly revised form, Judge Posner discusses his personal involvement with the events that led up the Justice Department's major antitrust suit against AT&T that culminated in the breakup of the telephone monopoly. The stages of his involvement included participation in the work of President Johnson's Task Force on Communications Policy, consulting for AT&T in the lawsuit itself, and his negative advice to the chairman of AT&T on the latter's plans to enter the computer industry. The Bell System Divestiture: Background, Implementation, and Outcome By Joseph H . W eber .......................................................................... 21 By 1982, the Bell System had operated an integrated telecommunications network connecting almost everyone in the United States for almost 100 years. That system had been designed and operated as a monopoly, but by the 1960s, new technologies were being developed which led to pressure to allow competitive entry. After many incremental changes, the Bell System divestiture--complete separation of long-distance service and manufacturing fiom local service provision-was finally adopted as a way of implementing this transition. Divestiture was complex and costly. Although service levels were largely maintained, much litigation ensued as competitors jockeyed for market position. In the end, additional new technologies finally allowed competitive markets to develop.

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