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Article #620173Re: Important US technology companies sold to foreigners
From: hanc...
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:25
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2018 21:25
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On Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 8:11:10 PM UTC-5, Peter Flass wrote: > Everyone was trying to get into everyone else's business, AT&T and Xerox > into computers, IBM into copiers and communications (SBS and Rolm), Xerox > into communications (Western Union), Kodak into copiers, etc. That continues today in retail. My drugstore now features a full aisle dedicated to grocery items. The supermarket has a pharmacy and bank and even sells some clothes. Walmart and Target have big food sections. In telecom, the phone carriers now can deliver television, which used to be the province of the cable companies. But the cable companies now deliver phone and computer service. In my humble opinion, all this mishmash has resulted in WORSE service and prices for the consumer, not better. The reliability of the cable company's telephone service is terrible compared to that of the traditional telephone company. But the nice profits has forced the telephone company to reduce its service quality too to save money and make the profits, too. (The companies are more interested in pleasing Wall Street with juicy profits than consumers with good prices or good quality.) I'm scared that one of these days Verizon will notify me that they'll cut off my classic landline. I'll be S.O.L.
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