TheHistoryofATT.docVIP

LL1.doc The History of ATT The history of ATT is in large measure the history of the telephone in the United States. ATTs roots stretch back to 1875, with founder Alexander Graham Bells invention of the telephone. During the 19th century, ATT became the parent company of the Bell System, the American telephone monopoly. The Bell System provided what was by all accounts the best telephone service in the world. The system broke up into eight companies in 1984 by agreement between ATT and the U.S. Department of Justice. From 1984 until 1996 ATT was an integrated telecommunications services an