Fascinating learning the history of this huge businesses. To see their strategic plays over the years is interesting to see how they are still relevant today. Great videos!
Apart from the third party operators out there, one familiar to those my age is GTE (General Telephone), whose service differed greatly from Bell/AT&T as they had to have their own phones and wires. Don't forget before 1984, Bell was the only company to manufacture their own phones that customers could only pay to have installed in their homes. You just don't go out and buy an extra phone as it didn't work that way. That all changed after the breakup and we started to see a lot of cheaply-produced phones out on the market. Bell System phones (made by Western Electric) were heavy and practically unbreakable like tanks. Getting back to GTE, they mostly serviced specific areas Bell wasn't it, usually rural/suburban. My grandma had GTE where she was and I can remember the odd noise the dialer made and the rings itself. I'm sure this all had to do with those specific patents AT&T had. It should be noted, outside of DirecTV, AT&T also has it's own broadband service including DSL and a cable TV service called "U-Verse" in a number of markets they do operate landline phone service in (like the former Ohio Bell in my state).
Help me Expand my hidden Felix collection: 2:20 Felix behind the Stack of cash. 5:29 Felix behind the crew to the left calling Big Bang Theory a terrible show. 10:15 Felix on the center podium.
I also live in Orlando, Florida & I have Fiber Internet provides by AT&T for a good price. But here they do have to compete with Spectrum Cable as well.
Satellite internet my peeps; thats where I believe AT&T is and always planned to be heading towards with the aquisition of DTV. Another great video @BusinessCasualYT. Nostradomus out.
My dad was a higher up for bellsouth and I remember when at&t bought them back he was pissed because they wanted to completely get rid of the district he was in charge of (central florida)
My dad worked on a plastics molding and assembly line for Western Electric. Pretty much a sweatshop. No A/C and plastic fumes. His pension sucked after the breakup. He died of cancer, no surprise.
I think you guys made a mistake at the end... AT&T is indeed trying to buy Time Warner, the entertainment company, but not Time Warner Cable, so them acquiring Time Warner has nothing to do with broadband or internet.
I agree with you. Time Warner Entertainment is a separate company from Time Warner Cable, who was recently acquired by Charter Communications and renamed Charter Spectrum.
This video naturally overlooks a lot of history in order to keep the video relatively short. For example, people often claim that landline phone service was a natural monopoly, because how efficient would it have been to run multiple, competing phone lines? While that certainly pointed to a difficulty early phone companies had, it doesn't really make it a natural monopoly, Instead, the companies were working out agreements to share the phone lines, so that multiple lines weren't necessary. Bell Telephone, however, successfully argued the "natural monopoly" argument to local legislators, and got them to grant local monopolies to phone companies, and Bell, being the biggest phone company at the time, was well-positioned to receive most of those government-granted monopolies. And, in fact, national telecommunications in the U.S. was nationalized, if only briefly: "In 1918 the federal government nationalized the entire telecommunications industry, with national security as the stated intent. Rates were regulated so that customers in large cities would pay higher rates to subsidize those in more remote areas. Vail was appointed to manage the telephone system with AT&T being paid a percentage of the telephone revenues. AT&T profited well from the nationalization arrangement which ended a year later. States then began regulating rates so that those in rural areas would not have to pay high prices, and competition was highly regulated or prohibited in local markets. Also, potential competitors were forbidden from installing new lines to compete, with state governments wishing to avoid "duplication." The claim was that telephone service was a "natural monopoly," meaning that one firm could better serve the public than two or more. Eventually, AT&T's market share amounted to what most would regard as a monopolistic share." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T The history of phone service in the U.S. would have been very different if government intervention hadn't occurred.
Well, J S, you cared enough to comment, even if you didn't address any of the points made. Also, several studies have been conducted on the accuracy of Wikipedia, and it's not nearly as inaccurate as you might think, especially on more scholarly articles. It even compares favorably to the Encyclopedia Britannica. There are several articles talking about this and making reference to the studies, if you trust Google: www.google.com/search?biw=1360&bih=646&q=accuracy+of+wikipedia&oq=Accuracy+of+Wiki&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l4j0i22i30k1l6.92715648.92720651.0.92722988.26.18.1.0.0.0.399.2954.0j2j5j4.11.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..15.11.2763...0i131k1j0i67k1j0i13k1j0i10k1.0.vFbALHnUBWk Here's one that specifically talks about a comparison between Wikipedia and Britannica. www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/ And if you really don't trust Wikipedia, follow the links and cites they provide for proof of what is said in the article. Wikipedia is a great place to start a search or look up a quick reference point. I learned lots of stuff in school, but there was no internet, much less a Wikipedia site, when I was in school. Do you care to address any of the points made in the original comment, or did you just come here to make yourself look like a fool?
I left spectrum for At&t and I truly regret doing so. My wifi doesn't work have the time. My cable is constantly freezing. Movies that I recorded won't play because the modem needs rebooted most of the time. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? And im in the contract for a year and I can't just get out of it. SMH!
I have had AT&T for 3 yrs and recently I wanted to upgrade my phone. I have internet, direct tv and cellphone. Their prices and plans are not even close to their competitors. Went to Sprint for my phone and drooped cell service and kept internet & DTV . Got my bill in NOV and the drop was very little. My internet is est $55 , my DTV is $40 but they billed me $173.06 2mos in a row. So i contacted customer service 3 times and they seam to not know how to add & subtract. So dont think because they say you are a valued customer that they wont cheat you.
What I don't understand is how is it at and t was the first phone company yet there cell phone service sucks and everyone I know that's had it has complained?
I don’t understand the “BROWSER” issue, but I have one. Between Chase JP Morgan & At&t I have issues. I was NEVER with Verizon. Seems like I’m having dual issues. I can’t even explain the corruption nor can I afford internet.
Cingular was partly owned by SBC. When SBC bought the old AT&T, they merged Cingular with the old AT&T's wireless service and unified the entire company under the AT&T name once again.
actually the reason Att is in wireless is becauae they purchased Cingular Wireless in 2007, the aqquisition caused Controversy in their NASCAR sponsorship becauae Cingular was grandfathered in, at the time Sprint-Nextel sponsored the cup series and blocked competitors, its gone now because Monster Energy drink took over title sponsorship a year ago
Did tab for a cause pay you? Because if they did it means they’re not using 100% of the money I give for charity... they use that to advertiser (such as paying you) and maybe who knows? If they do that, they might also pocket some money
Proper NPO's will display the percentage that actually reach the cause as part of the organisation profile. 85%+ is the standard I look for before giving.
If they end up with more money because they spent a little on advertising, then that's a good thing. And every charity "pockets" some money, they have expenses and employees to pay.
I can't believe someone who knows so much about the history of government regulations would still use Ajit Pai as a bad example of the FCC. First time in history that the FCC cut regulations and you people still think the indian is the bad guy...
"If it's free you're the product."
Ain't that the truth.
That's how it works. Multi-player games, social media, etc
Just like prison!
Fascinating learning the history of this huge businesses. To see their strategic plays over the years is interesting to see how they are still relevant today. Great videos!
Jonathan Acuña It's called Jew control.
Wow! I always kind of knew AT&T was pretty awesome carrier but it's history pretty amazing too.
These videos are so good. Well versed, brilliantly created, punctuated with pure intelligence. THIS is what UA-cam needs.. NOT Jerk Porl.
Apart from the third party operators out there, one familiar to those my age is GTE (General Telephone), whose service differed greatly from Bell/AT&T as they had to have their own phones and wires. Don't forget before 1984, Bell was the only company to manufacture their own phones that customers could only pay to have installed in their homes. You just don't go out and buy an extra phone as it didn't work that way. That all changed after the breakup and we started to see a lot of cheaply-produced phones out on the market. Bell System phones (made by Western Electric) were heavy and practically unbreakable like tanks.
Getting back to GTE, they mostly serviced specific areas Bell wasn't it, usually rural/suburban. My grandma had GTE where she was and I can remember the odd noise the dialer made and the rings itself. I'm sure this all had to do with those specific patents AT&T had.
It should be noted, outside of DirecTV, AT&T also has it's own broadband service including DSL and a cable TV service called "U-Verse" in a number of markets they do operate landline phone service in (like the former Ohio Bell in my state).
Help me Expand my hidden Felix collection:
2:20 Felix behind the Stack of cash.
5:29 Felix behind the crew to the left calling Big Bang Theory a terrible show.
10:15 Felix on the center podium.
who's this "felix"?
Dennenappel It’s an anime character. Looks like a girl but it’s actually a boy with cat ears and feminine dress.
@@kyele8501 hi guys my name is pewdiepie
haha, nice catch
Just revisited this one and realized how much I miss your documentaries. Please produce some more :) again
I also live in Orlando, Florida & I have Fiber Internet provides by AT&T for a good price. But here they do have to compete with Spectrum Cable as well.
I might start using his "tab for a cause", I have between 80 and almost 200 tabs opened. And once I check them all I'll end up opening more anyway.
How do you think the business makes its money? It's obviously collecting and selling the data of the websites you visit.
Satellite internet my peeps; thats where I believe AT&T is and always planned to be heading towards with the aquisition of DTV. Another great video @BusinessCasualYT. Nostradomus out.
AMD next! I've really been enjoying the videos lately.
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About to start working for this company its story is incredible thank you very much for the information
Just found this channel when I googled Monsanto. Keep up the great work
My dad was a higher up for bellsouth and I remember when at&t bought them back he was pissed because they wanted to completely get rid of the district he was in charge of (central florida)
My dad worked on a plastics molding and assembly line for Western Electric. Pretty much a sweatshop. No A/C and plastic fumes. His pension sucked after the breakup. He died of cancer, no surprise.
I just realized I watched a slideshow.
That jab at Ajit Pai, OMG THAT WAS GREAT.
Wait... So AT&T is actually rebranded SDC and it sold most of its assets but remained in the network industry and made a huge chunk money, right?
I think you guys made a mistake at the end... AT&T is indeed trying to buy Time Warner, the entertainment company, but not Time Warner Cable, so them acquiring Time Warner has nothing to do with broadband or internet.
Dima N nice try shill
I agree with you. Time Warner Entertainment is a separate company from Time Warner Cable, who was recently acquired by Charter Communications and renamed Charter Spectrum.
Raul Valles / What the fuck is your problem dude? I'm just stating a basic fact, look it up for yourself.
Dima N at & t owns alot now
They are getting to monopoly
At&t had some interesting history. Nice video thanks
This video naturally overlooks a lot of history in order to keep the video relatively short. For example, people often claim that landline phone service was a natural monopoly, because how efficient would it have been to run multiple, competing phone lines? While that certainly pointed to a difficulty early phone companies had, it doesn't really make it a natural monopoly, Instead, the companies were working out agreements to share the phone lines, so that multiple lines weren't necessary. Bell Telephone, however, successfully argued the "natural monopoly" argument to local legislators, and got them to grant local monopolies to phone companies, and Bell, being the biggest phone company at the time, was well-positioned to receive most of those government-granted monopolies.
And, in fact, national telecommunications in the U.S. was nationalized, if only briefly:
"In 1918 the federal government nationalized the entire telecommunications industry, with national security as the stated intent. Rates were regulated so that customers in large cities would pay higher rates to subsidize those in more remote areas. Vail was appointed to manage the telephone system with AT&T being paid a percentage of the telephone revenues. AT&T profited well from the nationalization arrangement which ended a year later. States then began regulating rates so that those in rural areas would not have to pay high prices, and competition was highly regulated or prohibited in local markets. Also, potential competitors were forbidden from installing new lines to compete, with state governments wishing to avoid "duplication." The claim was that telephone service was a "natural monopoly," meaning that one firm could better serve the public than two or more. Eventually, AT&T's market share amounted to what most would regard as a monopolistic share."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_AT%26T
The history of phone service in the U.S. would have been very different if government intervention hadn't occurred.
Lol you worked so hard on your giant comment and nobody gives a fuck. Also, NEVER cite Wikipedia. Did you not learn anything in school?
Well, J S, you cared enough to comment, even if you didn't address any of the points made. Also, several studies have been conducted on the accuracy of Wikipedia, and it's not nearly as inaccurate as you might think, especially on more scholarly articles. It even compares favorably to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
There are several articles talking about this and making reference to the studies, if you trust Google:
www.google.com/search?biw=1360&bih=646&q=accuracy+of+wikipedia&oq=Accuracy+of+Wiki&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l4j0i22i30k1l6.92715648.92720651.0.92722988.26.18.1.0.0.0.399.2954.0j2j5j4.11.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..15.11.2763...0i131k1j0i67k1j0i13k1j0i10k1.0.vFbALHnUBWk
Here's one that specifically talks about a comparison between Wikipedia and Britannica.
www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/
And if you really don't trust Wikipedia, follow the links and cites they provide for proof of what is said in the article. Wikipedia is a great place to start a search or look up a quick reference point. I learned lots of stuff in school, but there was no internet, much less a Wikipedia site, when I was in school. Do you care to address any of the points made in the original comment, or did you just come here to make yourself look like a fool?
J S dont got shit to the table. You wasted your time commenting.
Actually, the first words ever whispered into the telephone were "U up?"
Who dis
I left spectrum for At&t and I truly regret doing so. My wifi doesn't work have the time. My cable is constantly freezing. Movies that I recorded won't play because the modem needs rebooted most of the time. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? And im in the contract for a year and I can't just get out of it. SMH!
Guess your still on Spectrum.
Great Video. I cannot wait for AT&T owning Warner Brothers. Long Live AT&T!
In the same year of 1907 J.P. Morgan also put up the cash needed for the Olympic the Titanic and later the Britannic to be built.
Did J.P. Morgan just invest in or buy anything he could?
Amazing video as always! Do SpaceX or OpenAI next!
Knowledge Headquarters OpenAI? Is that some kind of open-source ai project?
It's a non-profit ai research company run. Elon Musk is one of the founders.
Great video.. well done 👍
That felix cameo though
Thanks for the video, you deserve 1M subs. This could be a show on the History Channel.
Until I stumbled on this video, I never knew what AT&T stood for.
Great work! I learned a lot!
At&t logo is the best design for me
I have had AT&T for 3 yrs and recently I wanted to upgrade my phone. I have internet, direct tv and cellphone. Their prices and plans are not even close to their competitors. Went to Sprint for my phone and drooped cell service and kept internet & DTV . Got my bill in NOV and the drop was very little. My internet is est $55 , my DTV is $40 but they billed me $173.06 2mos in a row. So i contacted customer service 3 times and they seam to not know how to add & subtract. So dont think because they say you are a valued customer that they wont cheat you.
Do The Walt Disney Company!
Eric Biscuit yeah, this is kind of the best time to do tht expecially after most of fox's acquisition
Nadeem Shaikh and at&t wants to challenge Disney on buying Fox...
What I don't understand is how is it at and t was the first phone company yet there cell phone service sucks and everyone I know that's had it has complained?
You are awesome Business Casual!! Loved this video :) Could you make one video about TV broadcast companies like Cable TV/Dish TV etc?
Best "girl" is at it again. What does Felix say at 5:30?
Hah, that's great! The Big Bang Theory is a drooling piece of garbage. Absolute trash. I like his channel (and Felix) more and more :D
TimeWarner is a media company. Time Warner Cable was merged into Charter Communications and would not be acquired by AT&T.
Umm...... why was Felix the trap-o-cat hiding behind that stack of cash.....
Buzz Bombs Gaming and guns he's in all these videos I think
And, I got a T-Mobile ad before the video
Well done on 200k sub m8
i just found your channel I love it already
Maybe do Philips soon? The lightbulb manufacturer that makes MRI and CAT scans.
Do Kodak next
Fernando_Soto Kodak, the camera tycoon from NY
J S lmao!😂
Great great video! Very informative!
Great video!
Do one on Carlos Slim and Claro!
can you do playboy? in honour of the late great Hugh
Yeah, we're doing Playboy next week! Check out our subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/businesscasual/
Awesome work man! Make one about bimbo
I'm enjoying the hidden felix's
Is that what was at 5:30?
what did it say above it? It looks Chinese or Japanese.
It's a Chinese cartoon, so obviously Wapanese
TheVoxxification kak?
i'm a little surprised that you didn't mention Cingular.
Wait a minute.... Have you been doing this in Prezi the whole time?
Haha I wish ...
It is also the largest provider of fixed telephones.
At 8:40. A Sikh, in 1952, UK based physicist Narinder Singh Kapany invented the first actual fiber optical cable.
AT&T and Time Warner, two big companies combining to make a really big one, remember when this type of thing happened once? Remember how it ended?
It's a me Mario yeah aol...
I don’t understand the “BROWSER” issue, but I have one. Between Chase JP Morgan & At&t I have issues. I was NEVER with Verizon. Seems like I’m having dual issues. I can’t even explain the corruption nor can I afford internet.
My carrier, Cricket Wireless, is owned by AT&T. So, in a sense, I use AT&T.
You should do a video on how Verizon overtook att as the biggest phone company
Soooooo that is what AT&T stands for O:!!!!
Please do one on Business secrets of the Pharaohs
What about Virgin? Planes, trains, mobiles and megastores...
Please do Mitsubishi Motors & maybe electric please!
Why
Message from the Future, the deal was approved!!!!!
Jp Morgan owns chase bank wow he is an old player till now too
Please do one on Business Secrets of the Pharaohs
What about Cingular?
Cingular was partly owned by SBC. When SBC bought the old AT&T, they merged Cingular with the old AT&T's wireless service and unified the entire company under the AT&T name once again.
I'm going to see this again I didn't catch it all, at all.
so far there isn't any Tmobile history videos anywhere
OH MY GOD FELIX AT 10:16
Invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Aleksije Vujovic I
Da coo kidz u wot
me me big boy
* insert that Chuck Norris joke *
actually the reason Att is in wireless is becauae they purchased Cingular Wireless in 2007, the aqquisition caused Controversy in their NASCAR sponsorship becauae Cingular was grandfathered in, at the time Sprint-Nextel sponsored the cup series and blocked competitors, its gone now because Monster Energy drink took over title sponsorship a year ago
5:30 There is an anime girl along with the Big Bang Theory cast... 😂😂
AT&T and Assoiated Companies
(BELL SYSTEM) 7:07
AT&T Logo (1968-1982)
i didnt know that the atnt now isnt even actually atnt
AT&T built it but was bought out by Southwestern Bell Communications. Who knew.
Anything ‘s better than comcast!!!
can you do a video on American Apparel?
Hey wait, thats not an answering machine at 7:00, its a wire recorder.
Please make a video about Playboy!
9:21 I thought Sprint bought Nextel and Verizon bought Alltel?
Community Guidelines Is The Issues...I never had knowledge about this.
We are building on the backs of giants from Bell Labs. Amazing.
Would love for you to have incorporated the AT&T copper mines in Chile and the Kissinger memo urging for US intervention.
Pls make Kawasaki: The company behind motorcycles
What is the name of the intro song plz?
Is it laggy for everyone?
Man, SBC. I havent heard that name in a long time
They sealed and distributed the chakra into 9 equally powered beasts and thats how naruto story line started
Very good, I subbed to your channel.
We know how it ended, we’re screwed.
Can You Do Nickelodeon Or Cartoon Network?
Cartoon Network is own by Time Warner and Nickelodeon is own by Viacom
Comcast own at&t in 2021
Do NVIDIA next!
2:21 gotcha!
Did tab for a cause pay you? Because if they did it means they’re not using 100% of the money I give for charity... they use that to advertiser (such as paying you) and maybe who knows? If they do that, they might also pocket some money
all charities take some of the money they get
well how the hell are they gonna let people know it exits?
Beside charities have running costs
Servers , employees etc..
Proper NPO's will display the percentage that actually reach the cause as part of the organisation profile. 85%+ is the standard I look for before giving.
If they end up with more money because they spent a little on advertising, then that's a good thing. And every charity "pockets" some money, they have expenses and employees to pay.
Apple Macintosh
-Macintosh 512K (8:21) 1985
-Power Macintosh 9500 (8:22) 1995
-iMac G3 (8:24) 1998 (2000)???
-iMac G4 (8:25) 2002
-Power iMac G4 Cube-
lol i remember southwestern bell...
Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla) is a modern day Alexander Graham Bell.
God bless Elon Musk.
agreed
petition to make him dictator of world
and space
7:01 omg same modem I use now with my dial up aol
I can't believe someone who knows so much about the history of government regulations would still use Ajit Pai as a bad example of the FCC. First time in history that the FCC cut regulations and you people still think the indian is the bad guy...