Summary of Steve Coll's The Deal of the Century

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#1 The executives of American Telephone Telegraph Company were going to the Keys for a vacation when they got word that their company was under attack.

#2 In 1970, ATT’s chairman, John deButts, was planning to invite the presidents of the company’s local operating companies to Key Largo, so that they could air their grievances with impunity.

#3 In 1970, ATT’s chairman, John deButts, was planning to invite the presidents of the company’s local operating companies to Key Largo to air their grievances with impunity.

#4 In 1970, ATT’s chairman, John deButts, was planning to invite the presidents of the company’s local operating companies to Key Largo to air their grievances with impunity. But another, even more threatening kind of competition had been nibbling away at ATT: intercity services.

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