You are correct John! MCI began making noise with its microwave technology in 1968 and AT&T has actually almost reconstituted itself with the exception of Verizon cities and some Quest locations. The question becomes why did AT&T breakup to reform! I wrote about this in my literature review for my dissertation. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of John Laprise Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:46 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college and There is probably information available prior to the scope of your research. The long distance market began to be deregulated in the early 1970's and at that time AT&T's competitors were trying to offer cheaper service provisioned with satellite and microwave links rather that the wireline links offered by AT&T. Later-on dorms were probably considered by carriers to be profit centers. High density living space with tech ready consumers...easy to wire up, relatively. If you can strike a deal with the university there are no last mile issues...you dig a trench anywhere you want because the University says its ok. John Laprise Ph.D. Candidate Media, Technology, and Society School of Communication Northwestern University Evanston, IL USA _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/