fm6 writes Wednesday was the 40th anniversary of the Carterfone Decision which brought to an end ATs monopoly on telephone terminal equipment . Ars Technica has an opinionated but informative backgrounder on this landmark, which pretty much created the telecommunications world as we currently know it.Read more of this story at Slashdot. More: 40 Years After Carterphone Ended ATT Equipment Monopoly.. Americano top 10 >>> music roxy read more