annotated bibliography

Brianna Austin

Katelin Keenan

David Feduniue

Annotated Bibliography

1^st source

-www.nytimes.com

-A New York Times article about how AT&T’s corporation had sweet victories last year (1994)-

a multibillion dollar agreement with the Bell Atlantic corporation to build an interactive video

network that will reach eight million names–is about to go sour.

2^nd source

-www.fcc.gov.com

-The Bell Atlantic had no changes during the period of 1990. Bell Atlantic corporation was

holding company for seven operating companies with the story.

3^rd source

-www.scripophily.net

-Beautifully engraved uncancelled certificate from the Bell Atlantic Corporation issued no later

than 1991. This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has a

vignette of Alexander Graham Bell. This item has the printed signatures of the Company’s

Chairman of the Board and Treasurer and is over 18 years old.

4^th source

-www.highbeam.com/doc/

-commercial paper rating reflects the very high credit quality of the operating telephone

subsidiaries of Bell Atlantic Corp., for whom BANFC will satisfy working capital requirements.

While the commercial paper is not explicitly guaranteed by Bell Atlantic Corp. or any of its subsidiaries, the commercial paper is, in effect, backed by the assets and earnings of the

operating telephone companies,".

5^th source

-www.zdnet.co.uk/tsearch/bellatlantic.htm

-Last quarter, Bell Atlantic, which later became Verizon, said glitches, customer service and

other internal problems caused it to miss its DSL subscriber projections. The telecommunication formed

through the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE was also announced

6^th source

"A Brief History: Origins." A Brief History: Origins. Hosted by AT&T and powered by AT&T ICDS. Web. 21 Nov. 2009. .

In this website they gave a brief history of the origins of AT&T. They stated how the invention of the telephone and how it was created.It was created by uniting small companies and standardizing technology.

7^th source

"Article: Reins for Baby Bells: let Ma Bell's offspring roam free, but not to become baby-bullies." Article: Reins for Baby Bells: let Ma Bell's offspring roam free, but not to become baby-bullies. HighBeam? Research, 7 Apr. 1990. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. . This article is giving a brief summary about how the trust busters broke up ma bell and AT&T are no longer able to control the telecoms equipment company and try to keep the competitors away from the price cutting lond distance calling.

8^th source

"The History of AT&T." The History of AT&T. AT&T and powered by AT&T ICDS. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. . This article gives a brief summary of how they became they became the global networking leader.How they became this is Alexander invented the bell system and they split up into 8 companies in 1984 by an agreement from AT&T and the U.S department of justice.After that wasn't working to well they made AT&T the main telephone company.This article didn't post any negative things so this means i have to some more research.

9^th source

Brown, Charles L. "Bell System History - The Bell System." Bell System History - The Bell System. AT&T: The Porticus Center, 2009. Web. 20 Oct. 2009. . This article gives a brief summary about the history of how the the Bell Atlantic Company was changed from all different telephone companies were were people cant make calls all over the world. So they made it one company which is called At&t. This site doesn't post any negative things about their history. By them not doing that i have to do more research.

10^th source

www.oyez.com

Bell Atlantic Corporation v. Twombly. The district court. 2008. Print.In this court case Bell Atlantic vs.Twombly. the reason for this case is because they agreed to branch out into and compete in other people territories.

11^th source

"The Bell System technical journal." The Bell System technical journal. Www.biodiversitylibrary.org. Prelinger Library, 2008. Web. 1 Dec. 2009. .this is the bell system technical journal it is a very good and reliable source for my topic bell atlantic.

12^th source

"Bell system." Wikipedia. 19 Oct. 2009. Web. 23 Oct. 2009. .this is a article about my topic bell Atlantic from Wikipedia so its not the most reliable source but it was great place for me to start.

13^th source

"Ma bells retirement." Reason.com. James L. Gattuso, 18 Feb. 2005. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. .This source talked about bell atlantic and the mega merger in which the linked americans together from coast to coast.

14^th source

Maddi, Salvatore R., and Deborah M. Khoshaba. "Google book." Google books. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. .this book is called the bell illinois project it is written by salvatore m. khoshaba and salvatore r. maddi it was very halpfull with learning more about my topic.

15^th source

"What killed ma bell?" Www.porticus.org. Reprinted with permission from The Freeman, a publication of The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc, Apr. 1984. Web. 4 Dec. 2009. .This article is about the break up of ma bell and why the broke up in the end this source was instrumental in my understanding of my topic.