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Article #620179Re: Important US technology companies sold to foreigners
From: Peter Flass
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:46
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2018 01:46
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<hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > 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. > I don't think they can, legally. I don't know why I keep my landline - we're away now six months a year, and we've gotten used to using our cell phones. Despite the terrible quality, there are a lot of advantages to each of us having our own phone, and being able to take (and make) calls when we're out. -- Pete
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