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Baby Bells

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Baby Bells
A common nickname given to the U.S. regional telephone companies that were formed from the breakup of AT&T in 1984, which was done to create more competition within the industry.

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The Baby Bells include Nynex (in New York and New England), Bell Atlantic, BellSouth and Ameritech (in the Midwest), Southwestern Bell, U.S. West, and Pacific Telesis (in California and Nevada).
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In order to get most forms of broadband from the backbone to your home, Baby Bells and cable companies have to upgrade their networking gear, swapping out older technology for equipment that can handle data traveling in two directions.
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