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tombertyesterday at 6:58 PM0 repliesview on HN

Tough to say for sure, but I think it's probably still better to have more billionaires if there's more competition.

I wasn't around during the breakup, but my parents told me that phone service got considerably better and cheaper after the AT&T breakup, which makes enough sense to me: if a consumer can drop you for someone else, you have a reason to try and compete on service and/or price.