In 1984,a Federal Judge Broke Up a Highly Contested Telephone

question 80

Multiple Choice

In 1984,a federal judge broke up a highly contested telephone service monopoly and:

• A) set up the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act
• B) permitted MCI to provide limited long distance service in the U.S.
• C) permitted telephone and/or computer equipment that was not manufactured by Bell Telephone to be connected to AT&T's network
• D) divided AT&T into two parts: one part for long distance service, and a second part, comprised of seven regional operating companies, for local telephone service
• E) set up deregulation for international telecommunications markets in 68 countries

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