Gene Kimmelman Telephone Quotations

What they're doing is combining local telephone monopolies from the Rio Grande all the way to the Great Lakes plus California. These are markets that have not been opened to competition.

Rubber-stamping these mergers is an embarrassing milestone in this nation because it puts an end to any real hope of head-to-head telephone competition.

This is a devastating blow to the consumer. This one will lead to the end of the era of falling prices for telephone and cell-phone service.