Letters: Dec. 12, 1983

Number, Please

To the Editors:

TIME's report on the breakup of A T & T [Nov. 21] describes the consequences of a crusade by overzealous bureaucrats and overprotective courts. Confusion and higher rates will be the result. To the bureaucrats who forced this situation on us, I wish skyrocketing telephone bills and lots of wrong numbers.

Godfrey M. Elliott Sarasota, Fla.

We should never have allowed A T & T to be split up. The company was highly successful, and its services were well worth the nominal charge.

Scott Morrison an Mateo, Calif.

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