Da infamous '80's-and-'90's-era northeastern-United-States mega-biz in wired communications dat had "scored a perfect ten" as far as da "number" of company-names dat it had "dialed up" (i.e., acquired) --- and then often "slammed down da receiver on" (i.e., tossed away again) --- over da decades.
Well, da 1984 radio-ad did indeed actually state dat "The Bell System is breaking up", so maybe their calling themselves da "NineEx family" isn't such a "phony" name, after all; I imagine dat da "book" of their "call history" --- i.e., past corporate-affiliation evolution --- contains a lot of "yeller pages", in dat many of da corporations dat they had previously "hung up on" were quite loudly opposed to said "disconnections"!
by QuacksO April 07, 2025