The Myth of Hush-A-Phone v. United States
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 41(4), pp. 6-19, 2019
Posted: 6 May 2019 Last revised: 20 Nov 2019
Date Written: 2019
Abstract
This paper explores the history of, and addresses certain perceived procedural misunderstandings in, Hush-A-Phone v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1956) and its progeny In re Carterfone (F.C.C. 1968) to illuminate what the Hush-A-Phone Corporation actually did in its dispute with AT&T prior to the breakup of AT&T’s century-long telephone monopoly.
Keywords: telephone; communications; Hush-A-Phone; Carterfone; AT&T; Bell; FCC; D.C. Circuit; administrative law; antitrust law
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Tran, Jasper, The Myth of Hush-A-Phone v. United States (2019). IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 41(4), pp. 6-19, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3367209
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