• DocumentCode
    1506446
  • Title

    Battling for local phone customers

  • Author

    Sweet, W.

  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    32
  • Lastpage
    37
  • Abstract
    The long-distance giant AT&T is girding its loins for an attempt to wrest the residential phone customer from local telephone companies around the United States. This paper takes a look at the Midwestern region and evaluates whether its strategy will “play in Peoria”
  • Keywords
    commerce; public utilities; telephone networks; AT&T; USA; local phone customers; local telephone companies; residential phone customer; Business communication; Cable TV; Communication cables; Companies; Corporate acquisitions; FCC; Monopoly; Pediatrics; Pricing; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.763201
  • Filename
    763201