For anyone who hasn't yet asked Ren for an explanation...

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...of how this whole AT&T rebranding thing works, Stephen Colbert summs it up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj1Mtv9cD0I&eurl=

                                 -Bill

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Much along the lines of seeing how fast you can name the
states, or their capitals alphabetically, how fast can *YOU* name the
22 operating companies?

  No cheating!

  (The converse game is principally played by Bell executives;
how fast can you {rename|acquire} the operating companies?)

  --msa

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... and he doesn't even mention that SBC also acquired Pacific Telesis (PacBell, Nevada Bell) and SNET (in addition to Ameritech) before it merged with AT&T and Bell South.

Thomas

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