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On the Line: The Men of MCI--Who Took on AT&T, Risked Everything, and Won
On the Line The Men of MCIWho Took on ATT Risked Everything and Won Author:Larry Kahaner This brisk, brightly written history of a company that is still fighting AT & T and others in the $40-billion long-distance telephone marketplace will appeal to those who enjoy entrepreneurial success stories. It is also a lucid explanation of what has happened to phone service in recent years. Based on interviews, the account begins in Joli... more »et, Ill., in the 1960s, when Jack Goeken created MCI as a microwave relay system for truckers. Business writer Kahaner details the many legal, sales and other battles that gave rise to a company that now boasts 10,000 employees and some two million customers.« less