http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Electric
Its amazing how these sleazy tactics have survived over 150 years now (yes, I believe they {both the original WECO/ATT} are still in business in some form today) - didnt the devious master minds behind it all DIE!?!? - how have they passed along their devious legacy all these years?!
Anyone in to telecom will recognize many of the names on this site - and how WECO was a hidden arm of AT&T and how they many times attempted to silently gain majority investment in their competition to steer them queer.
- Names like Nippon Electric Co (of Japan - doh), Graybar, Western Union, Agere, Systimax ITT, are mentioned in this history lesson (as if someone learned).
How many people knew 2 men named Barton and Gray (flip those 2 names and it =?) started (well 70%) WECO, and split apart only 2 years later - and yet their names still survive today under unison.
I also found it interesting that WECO was attacking (and defeating) issues like Side Tone back in 1890 when todays VoIP telephone manufacturers are still trying to figure this out (mostly the lower end ones).
I bet many older people remember well names like WECO, and ITT - these are huge companies that have nearly become bigger than the earth itself it would seem - to only be seemingly knocked down and dissolved under an "its not fair act" - only to be reborn (are they Buddhists?) into some new hidden beast.
I hate this site - such a waste of precious time... we will spin off on that one in a later post ;)
For closers - here is their logo with the world at their feet:
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