The provided sources detail the historical evolution and eventual failure of AT&T’s anti-monopoly regulations, tracing the journey from Jack Goeken and Bill McGowan’s efforts to bypass the Bell System with microwave towers to Judge Harold Greene’s landmark 1982 antitrust ruling that mandated Equal Access. Despite temporarily democratizing long-distance telecommunications and dropping prices, these legal firewalls … Continue reading The Long-Distance Revolution: From Trucker Radios to Equal Access