Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Tom S." wrote in message
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That's what the Bell System thought on Long Distance calling back in the
70's and 80's regarding their industry.



Bell was wrong, you can have more than one provider of long distance
service. If more than one company attempts to provide separation nobody has
separation.



You could have regional ATC companies the same way AT&T was broken up
into the RBOCs. Telecomm has much the same problem as ATC does. Not
economical to have 6 sets of phone poles and lines run to every user,
same as 6 ATC companies couldn't provide separation in the same airspace.


Matt