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"The History of AT&T." The History of AT&T. AT&T and powered by AT&T ICDS. Web. 22 Oct. 2009. . This article gives a brief summary of how they became they became the global networking leader.How they became this is Alexander invented the bell system and they split up into 8 companies in 1984 by an agreement from AT&T and the U.S department of justice.After that wasn't working to well they made AT&T the main telephone company.This article didn't post any negative things so this means i have to some more reseearch.