"Telephone Company Dominance in Local Telecommunications"

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

There is an interesting graph in the recent issue of "Telecommunications"
magazine -- It was produced from a study by the National Cable Television
Association titled "Telephone Company Dominance in Local Telecommunications"


                     Relative Size of the RBOCs
$90
     *
$80  *
     *
$70  *                                  Revenue in Billions of Dollars
     *                   *              A - 7 RBOCs (82.3)
$60  *                   *              B - Newspaper Publishing (44.2)
     *                   *   .          C - Broadcasting Industry (25.8)
$50  *                   *   *          D - Motion Picture Industrry (26.0)
     *   *               *   *   *      E - Cable Industry (21.5)
$40  *   *               *   *   *      F - Hungary GNP (64.7)
     *   *               *   *   *      G - Greece GNP (52.9)
$30  *   *       .       *   *   *      H - Portugal GNP (44.6)
     *   *   *   *       *   *   *
$20  *   *   *   *   .   *   *   *
     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
$10  *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
     *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
 $0  *   *   *   *   *   *   *   *
     A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H