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> [Telephone companies do not shut off your phone line based on what political views you express during calls. The same logic should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-hagerty/telephone-companies-do-not-shut-off-your-phone-line-based-on-what/)

[Bill Hagerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-hagerty/)

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> [When regulations restricting competition are relaxed, nobody's market share is protected. If telephone companies can offer video programming, cable revenue will surely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-kapor/when-regulations-restricting-competition-are-relaxed-nobody-s-market/)

[Mitch Kapor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-kapor/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81e/mitch-kapor-7363_cable_when-regulations-restricting-competition_252180.jpg)

> [Seriously, we are in the midst of the convergence of voice and data and that is challenging the infrastructure of the telephone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-crocker/seriously-we-are-in-the-midst-of-the-convergence-of-voice-and-data/)

[Steve Crocker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-crocker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa9/steve-crocker-43850_convergence_seriously-we-are-in-the-midst-of-the-con_314150.jpg)

> [“In 1894 Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone patents expired. Within a few years, over 6,000 local telephone companies were competing for the U.S.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-poundstone/in-1894-alexander-graham-bell-s-telephone-patents-expired-within-a/)

[William Poundstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-poundstone/)

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> [Why is it when you turn on the TV you see ads for telephone companies, and when you turn on the radio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/why-is-it-when-you-turn-on-the-tv-you-see-ads-for-telephone-companies/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/jerry-seinfeld-880_ads_why-is-it-when-you-turn-on-the-tv-you-se_795138.jpg)

> [Telephone companies sell us voice plans because they know we're not going to use them. We're hiding from each other. People say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/telephone-companies-sell-us-voice-plans-because-they-know-we-re-not/)

[Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ca/sherry-turkle-2764_efficiency_telephone-companies-sell-us-voice-plans_2467484.png)

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